منابع مشابه
Wife to husband transmission of Ecthyma contagiosum (Orf)
A 27 year-old man was referred to the dermatology department for two recent ulcerations of the shaft of the penis. There were regularly edged, indurated, eroded nodules measuring 15 and 8 mm in diameter, with fibrinous surface and serous exudate (Fig. 1). He had no pain, no fever and no lymphadenopathy, was recently married and reported that he did not have any previous disease and that his wif...
متن کاملA case of orf (ecthyma contagiosum) with multiple lesions.
Orf, also known as ecthyma contagiosum or contagious pustular dermatitis, is a viral zoonotic disease resulting from the direct or indirect contact of damaged skin with infected animals. The causative microorganism is the orf virus, an epitheliotropic DNA virus from the Parapoxvirus group, which generally infects sheep, goats, and various other domestic and wild ovine animals. A male patient pr...
متن کاملStudies on Cultural Characteristics of Contagious Ecthyma (orf) Virus
Ecthyma contagiosum is a viral disease of sheep and goats, which is caused by Parapoxvirus. Primary cell cultures of lamb testis, lamb kidney, rabbit kidney and permanent cell lines: foetal sheep kidney (FSK), sheep foetal thymus (SFT), sheep foetal muscle (SFM), sheep plexus choroideus (SPC), bovine trachea (BTR), embryonic bovine trachea (EBTR), Madin Darby bovine kidney (MDBK) and baby hamst...
متن کاملMolecular identification and investigations of contagious ecthyma (Orf virus) in small ruminants, North west Ethiopia
BACKGROUND Orf virus, the prototype of parapoxvirus, is the main causative agent of contagious ecthyma. Little is known about the status of the disease in Ethiopia and this study was aimed at determining its status using PCR as a confirmatory tool. METHODS a total of 400 randomly selected sheep and goat was screened for the identification of the virus using amplification of B2L gene and trans...
متن کاملA Man with an Umbilicated Papule of the Hand: What Is Your Diagnosis?
Introduction. Ecthyma contagiosum is a zoonotic disease caused by the parapoxvirus that causes "sore mouth" in sheep and goats and orf in human. Case Presentation. A 61-year-old sheep farmer presented with a painful non-pruritic lesion on the left hand that had been present for approximately 5 weeks. Physical examination demonstrated a 1 cm pearly, umbilicated papule with raised borders. A biop...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Pan African Medical Journal
سال: 2021
ISSN: 1937-8688
DOI: 10.11604/pamj.2021.38.322.29033