Detection of viral DNA in nonlesional skin of patients with molluscum contagiosum and on environmental fomites

A. Kawahara

Department of Dermatology, Sakura Medical Center, School of Medicine, Toho University, Shimoshizu 564-1, Sakura-shi, Chiba Prefecture 285-8741, Japan

M. Yoshida

Department of Dermatology, Sakura Medical Center, School of Medicine, Toho University, Shimoshizu 564-1, Sakura-shi, Chiba Prefecture 285-8741, Japan

A. Kawahara

Department of Dermatology, Sakura Medical Center, School of Medicine, Toho University, Shimoshizu 564-1, Sakura-shi, Chiba Prefecture 285-8741, Japan

M. Yoshida

Department of Dermatology, Sakura Medical Center, School of Medicine, Toho University, Shimoshizu 564-1, Sakura-shi, Chiba Prefecture 285-8741, Japan

First published: 12 May 2009

Citations: 6

M. Yoshida.
E-mail: [email protected]

Conflicts of interest: none declared.

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