title: The zoonotic poxviruses.
abstract: Animal poxviruses occasionally produce human skin disease often associated with systemic illness. Lesions are painful blisters and crusted eschars and are usually self-limiting and rarely fatal. Treatment is generally supportive.
authors.affiliation: Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee, Scotland.
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lewis-Jones
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008993:Monkeypox virus; D018155:Orthopoxvirus; D018157:Parapoxvirus; D011212:Poxviridae / Q000145:classification; D011213:Poxviridae Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000635:transmission; D015047:Zoonoses / Q000145:classification / Q000635:transmission