Molluscum contagiosum in a pediatric American Indian population: incidence and risk factors

Molluscum contagiosum virus (MCV) causes an innocuous yet persistent skin infection in immunocompetent individuals and is spread by contact with lesions. Studies point to atopic dermatitis (AD) as a risk factor for MCV infection; however, there are no longitudinal studies that have evaluated this hy...

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Published in:PloS one 2014-07, Vol.9 (7), p.e103419-e103419
Main Authors: McCollum, Andrea M, Holman, Robert C, Hughes, Christine M, Mehal, Jason M, Folkema, Arianne M, Redd, John T, Cheek, James E, Damon, Inger K, Reynolds, Mary G
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age
Ambulatory Care - statistics & numerical data
Atopic dermatitis
Biology and Life Sciences
Case-Control Studies
Child, Preschool
Children
Children & youth
Correlation analysis
Dermatitis
Diagnosis
Disease control
Disease prevention
Eczema
Epidemiology
Female
Health aspects
Health risks
Health services
Humans
Impetigo
Incidence
Indians, North American
Infant
Infection
Infections
Infectious diseases
Lesions
Longitudinal studies
Male
Medicine and Health Sciences
Molluscum contagiosum
Molluscum Contagiosum - epidemiology
Molluscum contagiosum virus
Native Americans
Native North Americans
Odds Ratio
Pathogens
Pathology
Patients
Pediatrics
Public health
Risk analysis
Risk Factors
Scabies
Skin
Skin diseases
United States - epidemiology
Viral infections
Viruses
Warts
Zoonoses
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Summary:Molluscum contagiosum virus (MCV) causes an innocuous yet persistent skin infection in immunocompetent individuals and is spread by contact with lesions. Studies point to atopic dermatitis (AD) as a risk factor for MCV infection; however, there are no longitudinal studies that have evaluated this hypothesis. Outpatient visit data from fiscal years 2001-2009 for American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) children were examined to describe the incidence of molluscum contagiosum (MC). We conducted a case-control study of patients
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0103419