Contagious Ecthyma and its Public Health Significance

Teshale, Ayichew

doi:10.19080/jdvs.2018.07.555711

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“…skin returns to its normal thickness and appearance, often without scarring. 47 Since immunity against the virus is short-lived, even in immunocompetent animals or humans, reinfection can take place at a lower degree of severity, remain unnoticeable or heal quickly. 43,48 Large, highly vascularized, tumor-like lesions of the skin called giant orf have been noted in immunocompromised persons.…”

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A Review on Human Orf: A Neglected Viral Zoonosis

Kassa¹

2021

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Orf virus (ORFV) is the etiologic agent of Orf or ecthyma contagiosum in humans but primarily affects different domestic and wild animals. The disease mostly affects sheep, goats and other small wild ruminants and spreads to humans through direct contact with infected animals or by way of contaminated fomites worldwide. ORFV is taxonomically classified as a member of the genus Parapoxvirus. It is known to have tolerance to inactivation in a drier environment, and it has been recovered from crusts after several months to years. Among immunocompetent people, the lesions usually resolve by its natural course within a maximum of 8 weeks. In immunosuppressed patients, however, it needs the use of various approaches including antiviral, immune modifier or minor surgical excisions. The virus through its association with divergent host ranges helps to develop a mechanism to evade the immune system. The relative emergence of Orf, diagnosed on clinical ground among human cases, in unusual frequencies in southwest Ethiopia between October 2019 and May 2020, was the driver to write this review. The objective was to increase health care providers' diagnostic curiosity and to bring the attentiveness of public health advisors for prevention, control and the development of schemes for surveillance of Orf zoonosis in a similar setting like Ethiopia.

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“…Finally, the course enters into a regressive phase (in the sixth and later weeks) wherein the skin returns to its normal thickness and appearance, often without scarring. 47 …”

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A Review on Human Orf: A Neglected Viral Zoonosis

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2021

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“…Human to human transmission has not been recorded. Transmission through aerosol route, ear tagging and contaminated gavage is also possible (Teshale and Alemayehu 2018).…”

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“…In malignant cases, lesions are congested oral mucosa and upper respiratory tract; in few cases there are esophageal, abomasal, and small intestinal lesions. Lesions are generally proliferative and becomeulcer-like with time (Teshale and Alemayehu 2018).…”

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Viral Diseases of Zoonotic Importance of Domestic Ruminants

2021

Int J Vet Sci

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2022

Acta Entomol. Zool.

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Veterinary pills are utilized in Food animals now no longer handiest for remedy however additionally for manipulate of diseases, prevention and boom promoter. They have the ability to generate residues in animal derived merchandise. Common pills which can be administered to animal are antimicrobial pills, anti-parasitic compounds and boom promoters. Factors influencing the incidence of residues are age of animal, feeding, disorder status, pharmacokinetics and extra-label drug use. So, it wishes a few ideas to observe to assess protection of meals consisting of ADI, MRL and calculating withdrawal time. Veterinary drug residue in meals of animal beginning can be the purpose critical public fitness in human. These issues may also include: improvement of drug resistance, drug allergy response and carcinogenic, mutagenicity, teratogenicity, and disruption of intestinal ordinary flora. To locate and pick out antimicrobial residue in meals of animal beginning makes use of screening check and confirmatory checks used. There are one-of-a-kind screening checks utilized in latest time consisting of immunoassays, microbiological checks and Biosensors. In addition, use confirmatory checks like HPLC and TLC. Although drug residues purpose critical public fitness impacts, little is understood through the society and there may be loss of records approximately it, in order that its miles crucial to study on drug residue in meals of animal beginning to perception its public fitness importance. so, there are approaches to save you and manipulate drug residues in meals of animal beginning through carrying out the subsequent measurements consisting of the drug merchandise must be used according with the categorized directions, public consciousness must be created on the general public fitness importance of drug residue the use of one-of-a-kind media, administer all pills well and pick out all dealt with animals, use handiest pharmaceuticals with veterinary steerage and hold drug well.

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Contagious Ecthyma and its Public Health Significance

Abstract: Clinical signs of the disease range from contagious postural dermatitis to formation of scabs in mucous membrane of the oral cavity, tongue, lips and teats of affected animals. The diagnosis is generally based on clinical signs, which are typical [13] and

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A Review on Human Orf: A Neglected Viral Zoonosis

A Review on Human Orf: A Neglected Viral Zoonosis

Viral Diseases of Zoonotic Importance of Domestic Ruminants

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