Premium
HUMAN ECTHYMA CONTAGIOSUM (ORF) IN THE FAROE ISLANDS.
Author(s) -
Joensen Hogni Debes,
Bloch Buchardt
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
acta pathologica microbiologica scandinavica section b microbiology and immunology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.909
H-Index - 88
eISSN - 1600-0463
pISSN - 0365-5563
DOI - 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1974.tb02332.x
Subject(s) - virology , incidence (geometry) , etiology , virus , disease , biology , dermatology , medicine , pathology , physics , optics
“Hundaland”, a disease occurring in the Faroe Islands, but of hitherto unknown aetiology, was found to be very similar to ecthyma contagiosum (orf). An enquiry among general practitioners in the Faroe Islands confirmed this similarity, and the disease was found to occur at an annual incidence of 25 per 40, 000 inhabitants. Electron microscopy of biopsies from persons suffering from the disease revealed ecthyma contagiosum virus (orf virus) particles in all biopsies examined.