Poxvirus infections in dermatology – the neglected, the notable, and the notorious
Patrick E. Obermeier,
Susanne C. Buder,
Uwe Hillen
Abstract:SummaryThe family Poxviridae currently comprises 22 genera that infect vertebrates. Of these, members of the Ortho‐, Para‐, Mollusci‐ and Yatapoxvirus genera have been associated with human diseases of high clinical relevance in dermatology. Historically, smallpox had been a notorious health threat until it was declared eradicated by the World Health Organization in 1979. Today, dermatologists are confronted with a variety of poxviral infections, such as farmyard pox, which occurs as a zoonotic infection after… Show more
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