Orf virus in humans is a common and widespread zoonotic viral infection that affects the skin. It is caused by the parapoxvirus and appears worldwide. Orf virus has many names: contagious pustular ...

Orf virus, a member of the Parapoxvirus genus, is the causative agent of contagious ecthyma – a zoonotic skin disease primarily affecting sheep and goats, with occasional human infections.