Orf virus (ORFV) is an important pathogen responsible for a highly contagious zoonotic viral
infection that threatens those who handle sheep and goats. Orf virus is the prototype of the …

Orf virus (ORFV) is the etiologic agent of Orf or ecthyma contagiosum in humans but
primarily affects different domestic and wild animals. The disease mostly affects sheep …

Skin disease due to viruses may be a primary infection of the epidermis or may arise
secondary to systemic infection. Depending on the virus, the effects may be necrotic damage …

After the Arab Spring uprising, Syria descended into a civil war in 2011. By March 2016, the
United Nations reported that 13.5 million Syrians required humanitarian assistance …

Infections are the leading cause of mortality in burn patients who survive initial resuscitation
1, 2 and present diagnostic and therapeutic challenges. 3 Here, the authors discuss the role …

Contagious ecthyma (CE) is an infectious disease of small ruminants caused by a
parapoxvirus of family Poxviridae subfamily Chordopoxvirinae. The disease is obviously …

Background: Orf virus is a DNA virus that belongs to the Parapoxvirus genus. The virus is a
causative agent of orf in humans or contagious ecthyma in animals which is mostly seen in …

Infections that are triggered by the accompanying immunosuppression in patients with burn
wounds are very common regardless of age. Among burn patients, the most frequently …

Human orf, also called ecthyma contagiosum, is a zoonotic infection that causes self-
resolving skin lesions after contact with infected livestock. We present the case of a 45-year …

Background: Viral infections after burns are less common than bacterial infections but
usually occur in the more severely burned patients and have been associated with poor …