The incidence of Molluscum contagiosum among American Indians and Alaska Natives

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Reynolds, Mary G ^a   Holman, Robert C ^b   Yorita Christensen, Krista L ^b   Cheek, James E ^c   Damon, Inger K ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c Office of Public Health Support   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; INFANT; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLLUSCUM CONTAGIOSUM; OUTPATIENT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; UNITED STATES; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALASKA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLLUSCUM CONTAGIOSUM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65349141240     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0005255     Document Type: Article

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