Ecthyma contagiosum (orf) - Report of a human case from the United Arab Emirates and review of the literature

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 603-607

  Al Salam, Suhail ^a   Nowotny, Norbert ^a,b   Sohail, Mohammed Rizwan ^c   Kolodziejek, Jolanta ^b   Berger, Thomas G ^c,d,e  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^c TAWAM HOSPITAL   (United Arab Emirates)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMIQUIMOD; POVIDONE IODINE;

ADULT; AMPLICON; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; GENE SEQUENCE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATINOCYTE; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MONOCYTE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARAPOXVIRUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHEEP DISEASE; SHEEP FARMING; SKIN MANIFESTATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS PARTICLE; VIRUS STRAIN;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, VIRAL; ECTHYMA, CONTAGIOUS; HUMANS; KERATINOCYTES; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MONOCYTES; POXVIRIDAE; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SKIN DISEASES, INFECTIOUS; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; ZOONOSES;

EID: 43349090418     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: 16000560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.2007.00857.x     Document Type: Article

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