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Preferred term

Orf virus  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

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.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Contagious ecthyma virus
  • Contagious Ecthyma Virus of Sheep
  • Contagious pustular dermatitis virus
  • Contagious Pustular Dermatitis Virus of Sheep
  • Ecthyma contagiosum Virus
  • Sheep Contagious Ecthyma Virus
  • Sheep Contagious Pustular Dermatitis Virus
  • txid10258

In other languages

  • French

  • Contagious ecthyma virus
  • Contagious pustular dermatitis virus
  • Orf virus
  • Sheep contagious ecthyma virus
  • Sheep contagious pustular dermatitis virus
  • txid10258
  • Virus de l'ecthyma contagieux
  • Virus de l'ecthyma contagieux du mouton
  • Virus de la dermatite pustuleuse contagieuse
  • Virus de la dermatite pustuleuse contagieuse du mouton

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-P8F0DSJZ-S

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