A survey amongst sheep and goat producers and veterinarians was undertaken to collect epidemiological data on orf in South Africa. Previous epidemiological studies on the presence of the disease in the country have not been documented and this report is the first descriptive epidemiological study of orf in South Africa. A seven-month investigation, realised by direct and indirect interviews...

A 34-year-old human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)– seropositive man with a history of Kaposi sarcoma and ocular cytomegalovirus presented with an 8to 10-month history of multiple, progressively enlarging verrucous papules on the proximal nail fold and the distal interphalangeal joint of the right third finger (Figure 1). His CD4 cell count was 21/μL during retroviral therapy. A clinical diagnosi...

Molluscum contagiosum (MC) is an infection of the skin and mucous membrane caused by a DNA virus from the poxvirus family. It usually affects any part of the body and presents as pearly, flesh colored dome shaped nodule with a central umbilication. Clinical diagnosis can be supplemented with histopathology for the confirmed diagnosis of MC. This article presents a case of 12-year-old male child...

A 19-year-old previously healthy Japanese man presented with septic shock and forehead ulcer. Three months earlier, he was treated with antibiotic and analgesics for fever and sore throat. Two days before, he noticed a small acne-like lesion on his forehead. This grew rapidly and thus he visited our department. On admission, he was in septic shock. His neck was stiff, with a small abscess on th...

The aim of this experiment was to develop a loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assay and to research the recent epidemiology of contagious ecthyma in Jilin Province, China, using the assay. A LAMP assay targeting a highly conserved region of the F1L gene was developed to detect contagious ecthyma virus (CEV). Three hundred and sixty-five cases from 64 flocks in 9 different areas of J...