Orf virus (Contagious Ecthyma Virus of Sheep; Contagious Pustular Dermatitis Virus of Sheep; Ecthyma contagiosum Virus)

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.


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Parapoxvirus of red deer in New ZealandParapoxvirus

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