Effect of dexamethasone administration on the pathogenicity and lesion severity in rats experimentally inoculated with Orf virus (Malaysian isolates)

• Main Authors: Abdullah, Faez Firdaus Jesse, Hambali, Idris Umar, Abba, Yusuf, Chook, Chian Lin, Lim, Eric Teik Chung, Bitrus, Asinamai Athlamai, Abdullah, Ashwaq Ahmed, Balakrishnan, Krishnan Nair, Bala, Jamilu Abubakar, Mohd Lila, Mohd Azmi
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 2018
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/72393/1/Effect%20of%20dexamethasone.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/72393/; https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00580-018-2726-1

Contagious ecthyma (Orf) is a viral skin condition caused by a parapoxvirus. It results in cutaneous lesions that destroy the hides and skin of the infected host. In this study, the pathogenicity of Malaysian isolates of Orf virus (UPM 1/14 and UPM 2/14) was evaluated in a rat model using different...