Orf virus in humans is a common and widespread zoonotic viral infection that affects the skin. It is caused by the parapoxvirus and appears worldwide. Orf virus has many names: contagious pustular ...

Orf virus, a member of the Parapoxvirus genus, is the causative agent of contagious ecthyma – a zoonotic skin disease primarily affecting sheep and goats, with occasional human infections. The ...

BETWEEN January 1964 and March 1965 seven farm workers on six Dorset farms developed lesions on the hand or forearm which were diagnosed as clinically typical orf infections. Material from each ...