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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.
Autores principales: | Veraldi, Stefano, Esposito, Luigi, Pontini, Paolo, Vaira, Fabrizio, Nazzaro, Gianluca |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2019
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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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