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Preferred term

Orf virus  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Contagious ecthyma virus
  • Contagious ecthyma viruses
  • Contagious Ecthyma Virus of Sheep
  • Contagious pustular dermatitis virus
  • Contagious Pustular Dermatitis Virus of Sheep
  • Ecthyma contagiosum Virus
  • Ecthyma contagiosum Viruses
  • ecthyma viruses, Contagious
  • Sheep Contagious Ecthyma Virus
  • Sheep Contagious Pustular Dermatitis Virus
  • virus, Contagious ecthyma
  • Virus, Ecthyma contagiosum
  • viruses, Contagious ecthyma
  • Viruses, Ecthyma contagiosum

Note

  • infection = ECTHYMA, CONTAGIOUS but see note there

Scope note

  • The type species of PARAPOXVIRUS which causes a skin infection in natural hosts, usually young sheep. Humans may contract local skin lesions by contact. The virus apparently persists in soil.

History note

  • 91(75); was see under POXVIRIDAE 1981-90; was see under POXVIRUSES 1975-80

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URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D009923

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