title: [A woman with skin lesions on her hand].
abstract: A Moroccan woman was seen with a blister on her left thumb and a rash on the palm of the left hand. She did not recall burning herself, but prepared sheep meat regularly. It appeared the skin lesions were caused by orf (ecthyma contagiosum).
authors: Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis, afd. Dermatologie, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. rickhoekzema@planet.nl
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mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004474:Ecthyma, Contagious / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000635:transmission; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008460:Meat / Q000821:virology*; D009923:Orf virus; D012756:Sheep; D012757:Sheep Diseases / Q000635:transmission*; D015047:Zoonoses