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Fig. 1: Map showing locations were samples were collected in Nigeria and where animal were imported from Republic of Niger.
Fig. 2: Maximum likelihood phylogenetic tree of African ORFV B2L genes including global reference sequences. Blue lines represent study sequences, and other Nigerian isolates, red lines represent South African sequences, green lines represent Egyptian isolates. Light blue box represents the Asian lineage, light green box represents isolates within the African lineage.
Fig. 3a. Bayesian MCC tree showing African isolates, countries are represented by the color code the figure legend. Light blue box represents isolates within the African lineage, light green box represents isolates within the Asian lineage. 3b . Population demography of African ORFV B2L genes represented by a Bayesian skyride plot showing effective viral population on the y axis and sampling time on the x-axis.