Preferred Label : orf virus;
MeSH definition : 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.;
MeSH synonym : contagious ecthyma virus; contagious ecthyma virus of sheep; contagious pustular dermatitis virus of sheep; ecthyma viruses, contagious; orf viruses; sheep contagious ecthyma virus; virus, ecthyma contagiosum; viruses, contagious ecthyma; contagious ecthyma viruses; virus, contagious ecthyma; contagious pustular dermatitis virus; viruses, orf; ecthyma contagiosum virus; ecthyma contagiosum viruses; viruses, ecthyma contagiosum; sheep contagious pustular dermatitis virus;
CISMeF synonym : ecthyma virus, contagious; virus, orf;
MeSH annotation : infection ECTHYMA, CONTAGIOUS but see note there;
Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contagious pustular dermatitis virus;
UNII : txid10258;
Origin ID : D009923;
UMLS CUI : C0029200;
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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.
