Orf virus infection of the hand in a Scottish sheep farmer. A case report to increase awareness to avoid misdiagnosis

Awareness of infections which are transmitted between animals and humans have been given prominence following the (COVID-19) pandemic. The Orf infection in humans is rare. Recognition of Orf lesions avoids misdiagnosing and incorrect treatment. We present a case of a Scottish-farmer with pain and di...

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Autores principales: Khan, Yasmeen, Currie, Jordon, Miller, Clare, Lawrie, David
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Taylor & Francis 2021
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8676690/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34926720
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23320885.2021.2016057
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description Awareness of infections which are transmitted between animals and humans have been given prominence following the (COVID-19) pandemic. The Orf infection in humans is rare. Recognition of Orf lesions avoids misdiagnosing and incorrect treatment. We present a case of a Scottish-farmer with pain and discomfort from a lesion on her finger.
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spelling pubmed-86766902021-12-17 Orf virus infection of the hand in a Scottish sheep farmer. A case report to increase awareness to avoid misdiagnosis Khan, Yasmeen Currie, Jordon Miller, Clare Lawrie, David Case Reports Plast Surg Hand Surg Case Report Awareness of infections which are transmitted between animals and humans have been given prominence following the (COVID-19) pandemic. The Orf infection in humans is rare. Recognition of Orf lesions avoids misdiagnosing and incorrect treatment. We present a case of a Scottish-farmer with pain and discomfort from a lesion on her finger. Taylor & Francis 2021-12-13 /pmc/articles/PMC8676690/ /pubmed/34926720 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23320885.2021.2016057 Text en © 2021 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Orf virus infection of the hand in a Scottish sheep farmer. A case report to increase awareness to avoid misdiagnosis
title Orf virus infection of the hand in a Scottish sheep farmer. A case report to increase awareness to avoid misdiagnosis
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title_full_unstemmed Orf virus infection of the hand in a Scottish sheep farmer. A case report to increase awareness to avoid misdiagnosis
title_short Orf virus infection of the hand in a Scottish sheep farmer. A case report to increase awareness to avoid misdiagnosis
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8676690/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23320885.2021.2016057
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