TY - JOUR AU - Nougairede, Antoine AU - Fossati, Christelle AU - Salez, Nicolas AU - Cohen-Bacrie, Stephan AU - Ninove, Laetitia AU - Michel, Fabrice AU - Aboukais, Samer AU - Buttner, Mathias AU - Zandotti, Christine AU - de Lamballerie, Xavier AU - Charrel, Remi T1 - Sheep-to-Human Transmission of Orf Virus during Eid al-Adha Religious Practices, France T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2013 VL - 19 IS - 1 SP - 102 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Five persons in France were infected with Orf virus after skin wounds were exposed to infected sheep tissues during Eid al-Adha, the Muslim Feast of Sacrifice. Infections were confirmed by electron microscopy, PCR, and sequence analysis. Prevention and control of this underdiagnosed disease can be achieved by educating physicians, slaughterhouse workers, and persons participating in Eid al-Adha. KW - parapoxvirus KW - Orf virus KW - cutaneous infection KW - transmission KW - religious practices KW - Eid al-Adha KW - Eid al-Kabir KW - diagnosis KW - zoonoses KW - sheep KW - viruses KW - Parapoxvirus genus KW - family Poxviridae KW - France DO - 10.3201/eid1901.120421 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/19/1/12-0421_article ER - End of Reference