“…7,15 Viral particles morphologically similar to the human Molluscum contagiosum virus (MOCV) have also been demonstrated by electron microscopy (EM) in the skin of horses with poxvirus-like disease. 2,11,17 The equine disease associated with MOCV is characterized by the development and persistence (up to 6 years) of elevated and waxy papules and hairless, hyperkeratotic foci (4-20 mm) on the skin of the face, neck, thorax, limbs, axillary and inguinal areas, and external genitalia. 2,11 Based on a few reports, MOCV in horses seems to be an usually mild, slow, progressive, and mildly contagious disease sharing many macroscopic and microscopic features with Uasin Gishu disease.…”