Received: January 10, 2004, Accepted: January 10, 2004, Published online: March 3, 2005.

DISEASES CAUSED BY POXVIRUS - ORF AND MILKER’S NODULES – A REVIEW

BARRAVIERA, S.R.C.S. (1, 2)

(1) Department of Dermatology and Radiotherapy, Botucatu School of Medicine, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil.

(2) Center for the Studies of Venoms and Venomous Animals (CEVAP), UNESP, Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil.

ABSTRACT: Sheep and cattle parapoxviruses cause in human beings diseases of very similar aspect, named orf and milker’s nodules, respectively. These infections are generically called farmyard pox. In the present article, we show the epidemiological, clinical, and histopathological aspects, as well as the treatment of these two viral diseases that are very similar, being differentiated only by their epidemiological aspects.

KEY WORDS: orf, milker’s nodules, Poxvirus.

CORRESPONDENCE TO:

S.R.C.S. BARRAVIERA, Centro de Estudos de Venenos e Animais Peçonhentos (CEVAP), UNESP, Caixa Postal 577, 18618-000, Botucatu, São Paulo, Brasil. Phone: 55 14 3815 3963. Email: srbarraviera@cevap.org.br