Orf. A case of viral skin disease

37-year-old male patient, who had several vesicular and pustular lesions on his hands, was admitted to our outpatient clinic. He was hospitalised with the diagnosis of cutaneous anthrax. Empirical antibiotic was begun and cutaneous biopsy was performed. A viral skin infection related to orf virus from the Poxviridae family was detected by the histopathological examination of the biopsy material. Thereby the subject of orf was studied.