disease is caused by the Camelpox virus (CMLV). In the present study, a polymerase chain
reaction (PCR) assay based on the C18L gene (encoding ankyrin repeat protein) and a
duplex PCR based on the C18L and DNA polymerase (DNA pol) genes were developed.
The former assay yields a specific amplicon of 243 bp of the C18L gene, whereas the duplex
PCR yields 243-and 96-bp products of the C18L and DNA pol genes, respectively, in CMLV …