Poxviruses infection: orf and milker’s nodule
Keywords:
Orf virus, milker’s nodules, contagious ecthyma, parapoxvirusAbstract
Orf and milker’s nodules infection are both zoonotic contagious diseases that mainly affect cattle. They are caused by dermotropic parapoxviruses. Human infection is an occupational disease for these who handle infected animals. We present three cases of human parapoxvirus infection, orf and milker’s nodules, seen in the hands of individuals who were occupationally exposed. It is important to consider this entity in the differential diagnosis of hand lesions with epidemiological background.
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