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. 2013 Jul 24;28(4):239–241. doi: 10.1007/s12250-013-3329-2

Analysis of TK and C18L genes of wild-type and cell culture passaged camelpox virus

Muaz M Abdellatif 1,2, Bashir Salim 1, Awad A Ibrahim 1, Tigani Asil 3, Abdelmalik I Khalafalla 1,✉
PMCID: PMC8208364  PMID: 23913181

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