[Home ] [Archive]    
:: Main About journal Editorial Board Current Issue Archive Submit an article Site Map Contact ::
Main Menu
Home::
Journal Information::
Articles archive::
For Authors::
For Reviewers::
Registration::
Contact us::
Site Facilities::
Editorial Board::
::
Search in website

Advanced Search
..
Receive site information
Enter your Email in the following box to receive the site news and information.
..
:: Volume 4, Issue 1 (march 2015) ::
Int J Med Invest 2015, 4(1): 183-186 Back to browse issues page
Orf Virus Infection in Human (EchtymaContagiosum): A Report of Eight Cases in the North of Iran
Mehrdad Taghipour , Farhang Babamahmoodi * , Parisa Arashnia , Soveid Taghipour
Antimicrobial resistance research center, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran
Abstract:   (9425 Views)
Abstract Orf or Ecthyma contagiosum is a zoonotic disease that is the result of a dermatophitic parapox virus infecting goats and sheep. The virus is transmitted to humans through contact with infected animals or fomites. Here in this paper, we reported eight patients infected with orf viruses and also tried to provide a relatively complete data of this disorder by reviewing of the literatures. Worthknowing about the disease may occur at any location, so all clinicians and researchers need to have this disease in mind as a differential diagnosis in patients who has a history of working with animals.
Keywords: Ecthyma contagiosum, Orf virus, Skin infection
Full-Text [PDF 268 kb]   (2886 Downloads)    
Type of Study: Research | Subject: General
References
1. 1.MehmetUluğ,Murat SelimÜrer,MemetErşanBilgili. A viral infection of the hands: Orf, JMID. 2013; 3(1):41-44. 2.Damon IK. Other poxviruses that infect humans: Parapox¬viruses, Molluscumcontagiosum, and Yatapoxviruses. In: Mandell GL, Bennett JE, Dolin R, eds. Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett’s Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseas¬es, 7th edn. Philadelphia: Churchill Livingstone Elsevier, 2010:1933-1936. 3.Bayındır Y, Bayraktar M, Karadağ N, Ozcan H, Kayabas U, Otlu B, et al. Investigation and analysis of a human orf outbreak among people living on the same farm. New Microbiologica. 2011;34(1):37-43. 4.Uzel M, Sasmaz S, Bakaris S, Cetinus E, Bilgic E, Karaoguz A, et al. A viral infection of the hand commonly seen after the feast of sacrifice: human orf (orf of the hand). Epidemiol Infect 2005;133(4):653-657. 5.Buller RML. Poxviruses. In Cohen J, Powderly WG, Opal SM, eds. Infectious Disease, 3rd edn. Philadelphia: Mosby Else¬vier, 2010: 1577-1582. 6.Nadeem M, Curran P, Cooke R, Ryan CA, Connolly K. Orf: contagious pustular dermatitis. Ir Med J. 2010;103(5):152-153. 7.Karakaş A, Turhan V, Küçükodacı Z. Human orf: Report of two cases. TAF Prev Med Bull. 2010;9(5): 551–552. 8.Mohammad Reza Shirzadi, NahidPedram, Orf: Report of eleven cases in five Iranian families, Iranian Journal of Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2007;2(2):83-85. 9.Torfason EG, Gunadottir S. Polymerase chain reaction for laboratory diagnosis of orf virus infections. J ClinVirol 2002;24(1-2):79-84. 10.Gurel MS, Ozardali I, Bitiren M. Facial orf. TurkiyeKlinikleri J Med Sci. 2003; 23: 412-5. 11.Buttner M, Rziha HJ. Parapoxviruses: from the lesion to the viral genome. J Vet Med B Infect Dis Vet Public Health. 2002;49(1):7-16 12.Erbagci Z, Erbagci I, AlmilaTuncel A. Rapid improvement of human orf (ecthymacontagiosum) with topical imiquimod cream: report of fourcomplicated cases. J Dermatolog Treat. 2005;16(5-6):353-6. 13.Lederman ER, Green GM, DeGroot HE, Dahl P, Goldman E, Greer PW, et al. Progressive ORF virus infection in apatient with lymphoma: successful treatment using imiquimod. Clin Infect Dis. 2007;44(11): e100-3. 14.Shao-peng GU, Xin-tao SHI, Zhong-yong SHI, Zhong-bing WANG, Ming-xue ZHENG, Identification and Phylogenetic Analysis of an Orf Virus Isolated from an Outbreak in Boer Goat in Shanxi Province. Agricultural Sciences in China. 2011;10(6):946-953. 15.Joerg Rohde, Horst Schirrmeier, HaraldGranzow, Hanns-Joachim Rziha, A new recombinant Orf virus (ORFV, Parapoxvirus) protects rabbits against lethal infection with rabbit hemorrhagic disease virus (RHDV). Vaccine. 2011;29(49):9256-9264. 16.J.F. Cargnelutti, E.K. Masuda, M. Martins, D.G. Diel, D.L. Rock, R. Weiblen, et al, Virological and clinico-pathological features of orf virus infection in experimentally infected rabbits and mice. Microbial Pathogenesis. 2
Add your comments about this article
Your username or Email:

CAPTCHA


XML     Print


Download citation:
BibTeX | RIS | EndNote | Medlars | ProCite | Reference Manager | RefWorks
Send citation to:

Taghipour M, Babamahmoodi F, Arashnia P, Taghipour S. Orf Virus Infection in Human (EchtymaContagiosum): A Report of Eight Cases in the North of Iran. Int J Med Invest 2015; 4 (1) :183-186
URL: http://intjmi.com/article-1-99-en.html


Rights and permissions
Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
Volume 4, Issue 1 (march 2015) Back to browse issues page
International Journal of Medical Investigation
Persian site map - English site map - Created in 0.09 seconds with 37 queries by YEKTAWEB 4645