O vírus ORF (Ectima Contagioso)

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.

Molluscum contagiosum on tattoo Molusco contagioso em tatuagem

Molluscum contagiosum is a disease caused by a poxvirus characterized by benign self-limited eruption of single or multiple cutaneous spherical and pearly papules. Transmission usually occurs by direct contact with infected hosts. It is reported the case of a 22-year-old Caucasian male who presented characteristic pearly and umbilicated papules strictly located on the region of a tattoo. Histop...