6 stages of orf in humans

Orf virus is a zoonotic parapoxvirus endemic to most countries in the world and is principally associated with small ruminants (e.g., sheep and goats). Human orf infections appear as ulcerative skin lesions after contact with an infected animal or...
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The disease progresses through six clinically distinct dermatologic stages and lesions usually heal in three to six weeks without scarring. Farmers, veterinarians, and hunters represent high-risk groups, as their repeated contact with livestock and wild...
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Practice Points. Ecthyma contagiosum is a discrete clinical entity that occurs worldwide and demands careful attention to clinical course and social history. Ecthyma contagiosum is caused by orf virus, an epitheliotropic zoonotic infection that spreads...
Orf is a skin infection you can get from infected sheep or goats. It most often affects the fingers, hands, forearms or face. It usually clears up without treatment in about 6 weeks. How you get orf. Orf is a virus that mainly affects young lambs and...
Orf, also known as ecthyma contagiosum, contagious pustular dermatitis, infectious labial dermatitis, scabby mouth, or sore mouth, is a viral disease first described in humans in 1934 by Newson and Cross. [ 1] It is endemic in sheep and goat herds...
Orf virus in humans is a common and widespread zoonotic viral infection that affects the skin. It is caused by the parapoxvirus and appears worldwide. Orf virus has many names: contagious pustular ...
Most human cases of infection with parapoxvirus reported are caused by orf virus ( 2, 6, 7 ), but some human infections are caused by pseudocowpoxviruses ( 8, 9 ). Infection of small ruminants with orf virus is frequent and widely distributed worldwide.
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described six distinct clinical stages of orf in detail: maculopapular, target, acute, regenerative, papillo-matous, and regressive [3, 11]. The maculopapular stage consists of an erythematous macule or papule. In the target stage, the lesion has a red...
The disease progresses through six clinically distinct dermatologic stages and lesions usually heal in three to six weeks without scarring. Farmers, veterinarians, and hunters represent...
Olfactory receptors (ORs), also known as odorant receptors, are chemoreceptors expressed in the cell membranes of olfactory receptor neurons and are responsible for the detection of odorants (for example, compounds that have an odor) which give rise to...
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