Orf virus infection after Eid al-Adha

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-old Moroccan-born man who developed multiple painful erythematous, violaceous plaques on his hands after butchering a sh...

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Main Authors: Ashley Vellucci, Melina Manolas, Sarah Jin, John Dwyer, Garrett Vick, Alun Wang, Edwin Swiatlo, Crystal Zheng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-01-01
Series:IDCases
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214250920301621