RT Book, Section
A1 Haddock, Ellen S.
A1 Friedlander, Sheila Fallon
A2 Kang, Sewon
A2 Amagai, Masayuki
A2 Bruckner, Anna L.
A2 Enk, Alexander H.
A2 Margolis, David J.
A2 McMichael, Amy J.
A2 Orringer, Jeffrey S.
SR Print(0)
ID 1161340632
T1 Poxvirus Infections
T2 Fitzpatrick's Dermatology, 9e
YR 2019
FD 2019
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071837798
LK dermatology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1161340632
RD 2024/04/23
AB AT-A-GLANCEPoxviruses  are  the  largest  animal  viruses;  they  can  cause  disease  of  varying  severity  in  humans.Smallpox  is  the  only  poxvirus  whose  sole  reservoir  is  humans,  which  allowed  its  eradication.The  virus  used  in  smallpox  vaccines,  vaccinia,  has  its  own  adverse  effects.Monkeypox  is  a  zoonotic  infection  endemic  in  Africa.Milker’s  nodule  and  orf  mainly  cause  localized  cutaneous  infections.Molluscum  contagiosum  is  generally  a  benign  cutaneous  disease  most  frequently  seen  in  children  and  immunocompromised  individuals.Histopathologic  features  of  poxviral  cutaneous  lesions  include  the  presence  of  intracytoplasmic  eosinophilic  inclusion  bodies.