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Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 18e
| Part 8. Infectious Diseases > Section 12. Infections Due to DNA Viruses > |
Chapter 183. Molluscum Contagiosum, Monkeypox, and Other Poxvirus Infections
Sections: Molluscum Contagiosum, Monkeypox, and Other Poxvirus Infections: Introduction, Molluscum Contagiosum, Monkeypox, Other Zoonotic Poxvirus Infections, Further Readings.
Topics Discussed: poxviridae; poxviridae infections.
Excerpt:"The poxvirus family includes a large number of related DNA viruses that infect various vertebrate hosts. The poxviruses responsible for infections in humans, along with the main manifestations of these infections, are listed in Table 183-1. Infections with orthopoxviruses—e.g., smallpox (variola major) virus (Chap. 221) or the zoonotic monkeypox virus—can result in systemic, potentially lethal human disease. Other poxvirus infections cause primarily localized skin disease in humans...."
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