Feast of Sacrifice and Orf, Milan, Italy, 2015–2018

Orf (ecthyma contagiosum) is an infection of the skin caused by a DNA virus belonging to the genus Parapoxvirus. We recently observed 7 cases of orf in Muslim men living in the metropolitan area of Milan, Italy, who acquired the infection after the Feast of Sacrifice.

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Autores principales: Veraldi, Stefano, Esposito, Luigi, Pontini, Paolo, Vaira, Fabrizio, Nazzaro, Gianluca
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
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Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019
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Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6649321/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31310206
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2508.181063
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author Veraldi, Stefano
Esposito, Luigi
Pontini, Paolo
Vaira, Fabrizio
Nazzaro, Gianluca
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spelling pubmed-66493212019-08-01 Feast of Sacrifice and Orf, Milan, Italy, 2015–2018 Veraldi, Stefano Esposito, Luigi Pontini, Paolo Vaira, Fabrizio Nazzaro, Gianluca Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter Orf (ecthyma contagiosum) is an infection of the skin caused by a DNA virus belonging to the genus Parapoxvirus. We recently observed 7 cases of orf in Muslim men living in the metropolitan area of Milan, Italy, who acquired the infection after the Feast of Sacrifice. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019-08 /pmc/articles/PMC6649321/ /pubmed/31310206 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2508.181063 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Esposito, Luigi
Pontini, Paolo
Vaira, Fabrizio
Nazzaro, Gianluca
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title Feast of Sacrifice and Orf, Milan, Italy, 2015–2018
title_full Feast of Sacrifice and Orf, Milan, Italy, 2015–2018
title_fullStr Feast of Sacrifice and Orf, Milan, Italy, 2015–2018
title_full_unstemmed Feast of Sacrifice and Orf, Milan, Italy, 2015–2018
title_short Feast of Sacrifice and Orf, Milan, Italy, 2015–2018
title_sort feast of sacrifice and orf, milan, italy, 2015–2018
topic Research Letter
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6649321/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31310206
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2508.181063
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