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Ecthyma, Contagious

Known as: Orf, Pustular Dermatitides, Contagious, Pustular Dermatitis, Contagious 
An infectious dermatitis of sheep and goats, affecting primarily the muzzle and lips. It is caused by a poxvirus and may be transmitted to man.
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Highly Cited
2013
Highly Cited
2013
Abuse rates and routes of administration of reformulated extended-release oxycodone: initial findings from a sentinel surveillance sample of individuals assessed for substance abuse treatment.
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Accuracy of the DIBELS oral reading fluency measure for predicting third grade reading comprehension outcomes.
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Ciprofloxacin Induction of a Susceptibility Determinant in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
ABSTRACT With few novel antimicrobials in development, resistance to the current selection of antibiotics increasingly encroaches… 
Review
2002
Review
2002
Factors involved in the early pathogenesis of bovine Staphylococcus aureus mastitis with emphasis on bacterial adhesion and invasion. A review
Summary Staphylococcus aureus is the most important and prevalent contagious mammary pathogen; it causes clinical and subclinical… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Characterization of pif, a gene required for the per os infectivity of Spodoptera littoralis nucleopolyhedrovirus.
During plaque purification of Spodoptera littoralis nucleopolyhedrovirus in S. littoralis Sl52 cell culture, a deletion mutant… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Comparison of Genetic Variability at Multiple Loci across the Genomes of the Major Subtypes of Kaposi’s Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus Reveals Evidence for Recombination and for Two Distinct Types of…
ABSTRACT Kaposi’s sarcoma (KS)-associated herpesvirus or human herpesvirus 8 (HHV8) DNA is found consistently in nearly all… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
A synergism of plagues: "planned shrinkage," contagious housing destruction, and AIDS in the Bronx.
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Studies of the pathogenesis of orf virus infection in sheep.
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Cytoplasmic localization of the HTLV-III 3' orf protein in cultured T cells.
Review
1980
Review
1980
[Acute generalized exanthematic pustuloses (four cases) (author's transl)].
Acute generalized exanthematic pustuloses supervening without a genetic psoriatic predisposition are not exceptional if the… 
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