First identification of ORF virus causing contagious ecthyma in Morocco (MOR20): Genomic, phylogenetic, and sequence variants analyses for vaccine design

• Zouhair Elkarhat ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: z.elkarhat@mci-santeanimale.com, Zouhair.elkarhat@gmail.com

  Affiliations Research and Development, MCI Santé Animale, Mohammedia, Morocco, Physiopathology, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Laboratory, Faculty of Sciences Ain Chock, University Hassan II, Maarif, Casablanca, Morocco

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6778-380X

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• Ikram Tifrouin,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Research and Development, MCI Santé Animale, Mohammedia, Morocco

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• Zahra Bamouh,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Research and Development, MCI Santé Animale, Mohammedia, Morocco

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• Khalid Omari Tadlaoui,

  Roles Project administration

  Affiliation Research and Development, MCI Santé Animale, Mohammedia, Morocco

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• Mehdi Elharrak

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Research and Development, MCI Santé Animale, Mohammedia, Morocco

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