SHEEP POX INFECTION IN MAN

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Because of the meager reports in the literature, a case of accidental infection in man by the virus of sheep pox is reported. One recent article has reported 5 cases in England.1 No cases have been reported in the United States. The lesion is characteristic in appearance,1 starting as a hemorrhagic pustule, around which a deep bullous border rapidly develops. This results in an umbilication. The lesion resembles a fresh cowpox vaccination, and the clinical course is similar to that of a vaccination. However, the lesions of sheep pox heal with scarring. REPORT OF A CASE Z. M., a white man aged 32, presented himself because of a single hemorrhagic pustule 3 cm. in diameter on the flexor surface of the right wrist. The border consisted of a deep bleb, which contained blood-stained clear fluid. The history was definite. He had assorted and delivered 2,000 head

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