RT Book, Section
A1 Wang, Fred
A2 Jameson, J. Larry
A2 Fauci, Anthony S.
A2 Kasper, Dennis L.
A2 Hauser, Stephen L.
A2 Longo, Dan L.
A2 Loscalzo, Joseph
SR Print(0)
ID 1155969713
T1 Molluscum Contagiosum, Monkeypox, and Other Poxvirus Infections
T2 Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 20e
YR 2018
FD 2018
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259644016
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1155969713
RD 2024/04/24
AB The  poxvirus  family  includes  a  large  number  of  related  DNA  viruses  that  infect  various  vertebrate  hosts.  The  poxviruses  responsible  for  infections  in  humans,  the  geographic  locations  in  which  these  infections  are  found,  the  host  reservoirs,  and  the  main  manifestations  are  listed  in  Table  191-1.  Infections  with  orthopoxviruses—e.g.,  smallpox  (variola  major)  virus  (Chap.  S2)  or  the  zoonotic  monkeypox  virus—can  result  in  systemic,  potentially  lethal  human  disease.  Other  poxvirus  infections  cause  primarily  localized  skin  disease  in  humans.