Diseases caused by poxvirus - orf and milker's nodules: a review

• Published in: Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases
• Main Author: S.R.C.S. Barraviera
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: SciELO 2005
• Subjects: orf; milker's nodules; Poxvirus; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Toxicology. Poisons; RA1190-1270; Zoology; QL1-991; Arctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/S1678-91992005000200002; https://doaj.org/article/2e4e7ddb468b40059a9508dd4f9bd582

Sheep and cattle parapoxviruses cause in human beings diseases of very similar aspect, named orf and milker's nodules, respectively. These infections are generically called farmyard pox. In the present article, we show the epidemiological, clinical, and histopathological aspects, as well as the treatment of these two viral diseases that are very similar, being differentiated only by their epidemiological aspects.