Facial Orf

Orf

DURING the spring and early summer of 1955 an unusually large number of cases of orf were seen in patients attending the various skin clinics in Northern Ireland. The condition aroused considerable interest, and it is hoped that these notes may prove helpful to local practitioners. Orf is an infective disease, caused by a filtrable virus of the pox group, affecting commonly sheep and goats. The...

Orf.

independent replicate experiments. Deletion of these genes affects the fitness of mutant strains in iron deficiency. The requirement for growth of each gene was quantified as a log 2 ratio of growth of the corresponding mutant strain in YPD with BPS compared to YPD alone. The log 2 fitness represents the average of the significant values in these experiments. A negative value indicates sensitiv...

Etymologia: Orf

Orf – an orphan disease?

Human orf should be considered based on a typical presentation with erythematous papule/nodule to avoid unnecessary over-treatment.

Orf: contagious pustular dermatitis.

Orf is a common viral infection in sheep. It spreads to humans by direct contact. It is self-limiting, treatment having no beneficial effect. Misdiagnosis by those unfamiliar with its characteristic features is common, and may result in unnecessary treatment with antibiotics or surgery. We present a series of five cases of Orf in children of farmers in the west of Ireland, seen over a 10 year p...