Molecular Analysis of South African Ovine Herpesvirus 2 Strains Based on Selected Glycoprotein and Tegument Genes

Fulufhelo Amanda Doboro; Stephen Njiro; Kgomotso Sibeko-Matjila; Moritz Van Vuuren

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0147019

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Molecular Analysis of South African Ovine Herpesvirus 2 Strains Based on Selected Glycoprotein and Tegument Genes

Fulufhelo Amanda Doboro ,

* E-mail: DoboroA@arc.agric.za

Affiliation Molecular Epidemiology and Diagnostics programme, Agricultural Research Council-Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, Onderstepoort, Pretoria, South Africa
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Stephen Njiro,

Affiliation Food, feed & Veterinary Public Health Programme, Agricultural Research Council-Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, Onderstepoort, Pretoria, South Africa
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Kgomotso Sibeko-Matjila,

Affiliation Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort, Pretoria, South Africa
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Moritz Van Vuuren

Affiliation Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort, Pretoria, South Africa
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Molecular Analysis of South African Ovine Herpesvirus 2 Strains Based on Selected Glycoprotein and Tegument Genes

Fulufhelo Amanda Doboro,
Stephen Njiro,
Kgomotso Sibeko-Matjila,
Moritz Van Vuuren

Published: March 22, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0147019

About the Authors

Fulufhelo Amanda Doboro

* E-mail: DoboroA@arc.agric.za

Affiliation Molecular Epidemiology and Diagnostics programme, Agricultural Research Council-Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, Onderstepoort, Pretoria, South Africa

Stephen Njiro

Affiliation Food, feed & Veterinary Public Health Programme, Agricultural Research Council-Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, Onderstepoort, Pretoria, South Africa

Kgomotso Sibeko-Matjila

Affiliation Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort, Pretoria, South Africa

Moritz Van Vuuren

Affiliation Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort, Pretoria, South Africa

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FAD SN MVV. Performed the experiments: FAD. Analyzed the data: KSM. Wrote the paper: KSM SN MVV.

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