Orf is a highly contagious zoonotic infectious disease caused by orf virus, a parapoxvirus in the Poxviridae family of dsDNA viruses. Orf virus is transmitted to humans by direct or indirect contact with sheep and goats. Its viability on the ground and the ability to reinfect the host has contributed to the spread and maintenance of the infection in many species.
Category
Viral infectious disease
Brite
Human diseases in ICD-11 classification [BR:br08403]
01 Certain infectious or parasitic diseases
Viral infections characterised by skin or mucous membrane lesions
Infections due to poxvirus
1E75 Orf
H02354 Orf
Genome-based classification of infectious diseases [BR:br08401]
Viral infections
Infections caused by dsDNA viruses
H02354 Orf
