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Volume 29, Number 4—April 2023
Research Letter

Orf Nodule with Erythema Multiforme during a Monkeypox Outbreak, France, 2022

Charlotte Cavalieri, Anne-Sophie Dupond, Audrey Ferrier-Rembert, Olivier Ferraris, Timothée Klopfenstein, and Souheil ZayetComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Nord Franche-Comté Hospital, Trévenans, France (C. Cavalieri, A.-S. Dupond, T. Klopfenstein, S. Zayet); Institut de Recherche Biomédicale des Armées, Brétigny-sur-Orge, France (A. Ferrier-Rembert, O. Ferraris)

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Orf virus infection in a 26-year-old man after contact with slaughtered sheep and goats, France, 2022. A, B) Target lesion characteristic of erythema multiforme predominant on the foot (A) and hand (B). C) Nodule caused with a necrotic pustule center surrounded by a grayish-white edematous crown on the left index finger. Lesion was swabbed and tested by using a parapoxvirus PCR test.

Figure. Orf virus infection in a 26-year-old man after contact with slaughtered sheep and goats, France, 2022. A, B) Target lesion characteristic of erythema multiforme predominant on the foot (A) and hand (B). C) Nodule caused with a necrotic pustule center surrounded by a grayish-white edematous crown on the left index finger. Lesion was swabbed and tested by using a parapoxvirus PCR test.

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