Diagnosis and phylogenetic analysis of orf virus in Aleppo and Saanen goats from an outbreak in Turkey

正Dear Editor,The Poxviridae family is divided into Chordopoxvirinae and Entomopoxvirinae genera.Parapoxvirus is one of 11genera in the Chordopoxvirinae genus,including orf virus(ORFV),bovine papular stomatitis virus(BPSV),pseudocowpox virus(PCPV)and parapoxvirus of red deer in New Zealand(PVNZ)(Skinner et al.,2012).This virus,also known as contagious ecthyma or contagious pustular dermatitis,is a viral skin disease causing edematous proliferative lesions,most often in hairless skin     

Host discrimination by two desert fleas using an odour cue

We compared the responses of two fleas, Xenopsylla dipodilli and Parapulex chephrenis simultaneously exposed to the odours of their rodent hosts, Gerbillus dasyurus (specific host ofX. dipodilli ) and Acomys cahirinus (specific host of P. chephrenis). We hypothesized that fleas are able to discriminate between host species by using an odour cue and predicted that X. dipodilli andP. chephrenis would select an odour of an appropriate host species. Xenopsylla dipodilli choseG. dasyurus significantly more often than A. cahirinus, whereas P. chephrenis choseA. cahirinus significantly more often than G. dasyurus. The ability to select an appropriate host species did not differ significantly either between flea species or between individuals of different sex or age classes within flea species. No X. dipodilli, but 67 of 150 P. chephrenis, refused to choose a host. The latency to move in an experimental maze was significantly shorter for X. dipodilli than P. chephrenis. The flea species also differed in the time taken from the beginning of the movement to the choice of a host, withX. dipodilli being faster than P. chephrenis. Neither flea sex nor age affected this parameter in either species. Females of both flea species produced significantly more eggs when they fed on their specific host than when they fed on the other host species. Copyright 2002 The Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour. Published by Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.     

Complete Genome Sequence of a Novel Pestivirus from Sheep

We report here the complete genome sequence of pestivirus strain Aydin/04-TR, which is the prototype of a group of similar viruses currently present in sheep and goats in Turkey. Sequence data from this virus showed that it clusters separately from the established and previously proposed tentative pestivirus species.     

Microorganisms isolated from the bile of the patients who have undergone cholecystectomy and their antibiotic resistance pattern: multicenter prospective study

International Microbiology - Gallbladder and biliary tract infections are diseases with high mortality rates if they are not treated properly. Microbiological evaluation of perioperatively...