THE YEARLY OUTBREAK OF ORF INFECTION OF THE HAND IN SAUDI-ARABIA

Authors
HAWARY MB HASSANAIN JM ALRASHEED SK ALQATTAN MM
Citation
Mb. Hawary et al., THE YEARLY OUTBREAK OF ORF INFECTION OF THE HAND IN SAUDI-ARABIA, Journal of hand surgery. British volume, 22B(4), 1997, pp. 550-551
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Orthopedics,Surgery
Journal title
Journal of hand surgery. British volume → ACNP
ISSN journal
02667681
Volume
22B
Issue
4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
550 - 551
Database
ISI
SICI code
0266-7681(1997)22B:4<550:TYOOOI>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
Human orf virus infection of the hand results from contact with infect ed sheep and goats. Every year during the month of ''Hajj'' in Saudi A rabia, hundreds of thousands of sheep are slaughtered. A retrospective study showed that over 60% of patients presented to the authors with orf of the hands acquired the infection during slaughtering of the Haj j month, indicating a yearly outbreak of this infection in Saudi Arabi a.