contagious pustular dermatitis
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contagious pustular dermatitis

Etymology: L, contingere, to touch, pustula, pustules; Gk, derma, skin, itis, inflammation

a skin disease normally affecting sheep and goats but transmitted to humans who handle infected animals. It is caused by a pox virus and results in lesions on the hands, and occasionally on the face. The lesions resolve spontaneously, but slowly. Also called ecthyma contagiosum, orf.

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contagious pustular dermatitis (redirected from Orf (animal disease))

contagious pustular dermatitis
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