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Molluscum contagiosum virus infection [review]

Chen, X., Anstey, Alexander Vincent ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6345-4144 and Bugert, Joachim Jakob ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0556-3211 2013. Molluscum contagiosum virus infection [review]. The Lancet Infectious Diseases 13 (10) , pp. 877-888. 10.1016/S1473-3099(13)70109-9

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Abstract

Molluscum contagiosum virus is an important human skin pathogen: it can cause disfigurement and suffering in children, in adults it is less common and often sexually transmitted. Extensive and persistent skin infection with the virus can indicate underlying immunodeficiency. Traditional ablative therapies have not been compared directly with newer immune-modulating and specific antiviral therapies. Advances in research raise the prospect of new approaches to treatment informed by the biology of the virus; in human skin, the infection is localised in the epidermal layers, where it induces a typical, complex hyperproliferative lesion with an abundance of virus particles but a conspicuous absence of immune effectors. Functional studies of the viral genome have revealed effects on cellular pathways involved in the cell cycle, innate immunity, inflammation, and cell death. Extensive lesions caused by molluscum contagiosum can occur in patients with DOCK8 deficiency-a genetic disorder affecting migration of dendritic and specialised T cells in skin. Sudden disappearance of lesions is the consequence of a vigorous immune response in healthy people. Further study of the unique features of infection with molluscum contagiosum virus could give fundamental insight into the nature of skin immunity.

Item Type: Article
Date Type: Publication
Status: Published
Schools: Medicine
Subjects: R Medicine > R Medicine (General)
R Medicine > RZ Other systems of medicine
Uncontrolled Keywords: Humans; Molluscum Contagiosum; Molluscum contagiosum virus
Publisher: Elsevier
ISSN: 1473-3099
Last Modified: 28 Oct 2022 09:42
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/75410

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