DISEASE: Orf

Entry

H02354                      Disease

Name

Orf;
Contagious pustular dermatitis;
Contagious ecthyma

Description

Orf is a highly contagious zoonotic infectious disease caused by orf virus, a parapoxvirus in the Poxviridae family of dsDNA viruses. Orf virus is transmitted to humans by direct or indirect contact with sheep and goats. Its viability on the ground and the ability to reinfect the host has contributed to the spread and maintenance of the infection in many species.

Category

Infectious disease

Brite

Infectious diseases [BR:br08401]
Viral infections
  Infections caused by dsDNA viruses
   H02354  Orf
Human diseases in ICD-11 classification [BR:br08403]
01 Certain infectious or parasitic diseases
  Viral infections characterised by skin or mucous membrane lesions
   Infections due to poxvirus
    1E75  Orf
     H02354  Orf

Pathogen

Orf virus [GN:T40126]

Other DBs

ICD-11:

1E75

MeSH:

D004474

Reference

PMID:26486622

Authors

Tack DM, Reynolds MG

Title

Zoonotic Poxviruses Associated with Companion Animals.

Journal

Animals (Basel) 1:377-95 (2011)
DOI:10.3390/ani1040377

Reference

PMID:28480985

Authors

Bergqvist C, Kurban M, Abbas O

Title

Orf virus infection.

Journal

Rev Med Virol 27:e1932 (2017)
DOI:10.1002/rmv.1932

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