Coinfections involving viruses are being recognized to influence the disease pattern that
occurs relative to that with single infection. Classically, we usually think of a clinical …

Orf virus, a member of the genus Parapoxvirus, is the causative agent of contagious ecthyma
('Orf'). It is a pathogen with worldwide distribution, causing significant financial losses in …

Lumpy skin disease (LSD) has devastating economic impact. During the last decade, LSD
had spread to climatically new and previously disease-free countries, which also includes its …

Lumpy skin disease (LSD) was reported for the first time in India in 2019 and since then, it
has become endemic. Since a homologous (LSD-virus based) vaccine was not available in …

Countries in the Indian subcontinent are currently facing a deadly epidemic of lumpy skin
disease (LSD). LSD is primarily a disease of cattle. Buffaloes may sometimes develop mild …

Orf virus (ORFV), the prototype species of the Parapoxvirus genus, is an important zoonotic
virus, causing great economic losses in livestock production. At present, there are no …

Bovine tropical theileriosis, caused by Theileria annulata, is one of the economically
important fatal tick borne haemoprotozoan diseases of dairy animals. The aim of present …

Orf is an acute, highly contagious, and economically important viral disease of small
ruminants. In this study, six orf suspected outbreaks among goats and sheep were …

Micro RNAs (miRNAs) have been implicated in the regulation of maturation, proliferation,
differentiation, and activation of immune cells. In this study, we demonstrated that miR-29a …

Contagious ecthyma (CE) is an infectious disease of small ruminants caused by a
parapoxvirus of family Poxviridae subfamily Chordopoxvirinae. The disease is obviously …