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Molluscum contagiosum virus
Etiologic agent of molluscum contagiosum. Unclassified poxvirus which infects only humans. The virus has not been cultured in vitro.
Related
molluscum contagiosum
General
poxviridae
oncogenic virus
Properties
KINGDOM: virus
GENOME-TYPE: deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)
DOUBLE-STRANDED
CIRCULAR
GENOME-SIZE: 130-280 kB
ENVELOPE: PRESENT
CAPSID-SYMMETRY: COMPLEXITY
References
- Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 13th ed.
Isselbacher et al (eds), McGraw-Hill Inc. NY, 1994, pg 799
- Color Atlas and Synopsis of Clinical Dermatology, Common
and Serious Diseases, 3rd ed, Fitzpatrick et al, McGraw Hill, NY,
1997, pg 772-75.