title: An overview of molluscum contagiosum: a viral skin condition.
abstract: Molluscum contagiosum is a virus that causes characteristic pearly lesions on the surface of the skin. Small clusters of mollusca are a nuisance rather than a serious health problem. However, the mollusca can be more widespread and disfiguring in people with impaired cell-mediated immunity. Molluscum contagiosum virus is common in children. In adults it can also be contracted during sexual activity and might indicate a need for diagnostic testing for other, more serious sexually transmitted infections in young, sexually active adults.
authors.affiliation: City University, London. d.gould@city.ac.uk
authors.forename: Dinah
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gould
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D006920:Hygiene; D007111:Immunity, Cellular; D008976:Molluscum Contagiosum / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000635:transmission; D010353:Patient Education as Topic