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Molluscum contagiosum virus
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The Molluscum contagiosum virus or MCV is a species of virus in the poxvirus family, which causes the disease Molluscum contagiosum in humans. Virions have a complex structure and is consistent with the structure of the poxvirus family: an envelope, surface membrane, core, and lateral bodies. Virus may be contained within inclusion bodies and mature by budding through the membrane of the host cell giving rise to a large amount of viral shedding in a short period of time. Approximate measurements of the virus are 200 nm in diameter, 320 nm in length and 100 nm in height.[1]
There are 4 types of MCV, MCV-1 to -4. MCV-1 is the most prevalent in human infections,[2] and MCV-2 seen usually in adults and often sexually transmitted.[3][4] Polymerase chain reaction techniques are being developed to help confirm lesions as being caused by MCV,[5] and distinguish between strains.[6][7]
The genome is a non-segmented single molecule of linear, double-stranded DNA of 180000–200000 nucleotides. It is covalently linked at both ends and contain redundant, repeating sequences at both ends. 160 pudative genes have been identified.[8]
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- ^ Thompson CH (1997). "Identification and typing of molluscum contagiosum virus in clinical specimens by polymerase chain reaction". J. Med. Virol. 53 (3): 205–11. PMID 9365883.
- ^ Trama JP, Adelson ME, Mordechai E (2007). "Identification and genotyping of molluscum contagiosum virus from genital swab samples by real-time PCR and Pyrosequencing". J Clin Virol. doi:10.1016/j.jcv.2007.09.007. PMID 17997134.
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