title: Cover Image: Detection of hair follicle-associated Merkel cell polyomavirus in an immunocompromised host with follicular spicules and alopecia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary.|Department of Dermatology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, U.S.A.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nemeth
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gorog
authors.affiliation: Adult Stem Cell Section, NIDCR, CSDB, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, U.S.A.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mezey
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pinter
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kuroli
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Harsing
authors.affiliation: First Department of Pediatrics, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kovacs
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fischer
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, University of Texas Medical School of Houston, TX, U.S.A.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rady
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sillo
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, University of Texas Medical School of Houston, TX, U.S.A.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tyring
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Karpati
mesh_terms: D000505:Alopecia / Q000821:virology*; D018859:Hair Follicle / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D016040:Lung Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects; D059965:Merkel cell polyomavirus; D009101:Multiple Myeloma / Q000150:complications; D027601:Polyomavirus Infections; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000821:virology; D012536:Scalp Dermatoses / Q000821:virology*