“…The human orf infections generally occur naturally (Lloyed et al, 1951;Verdes et al, 1970) by direct contact of animals (Peterkin, 1937;Schoch, 1939;Nomeland, 1940) through cuts or minor injuries on the finger and skin of hands (Carneetal, 1946;Dyar, 1951;Royer et al, 1970) or from the mother who milked the sheep to her child (Fontanelli and Caparrini, 1955) through scratching and during Islamic religious worship practice of Eid ul-Adha from infected sheep to in contact humans (Verdes et al, 1970;Nougairede et al, 2013;Shahmoradi et al, 2014). Though there is no demarcation between the sexes regarding orf infection in human, male are at higher risk compared to female as male comes with direct contact with the infected animals in slaughter houses and other places (Nadeem et al, 2010;Bayındır et al, 2011).…”