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

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  McCollum, Andrea M ^a,b   Holman, Robert C ^a   Hughes, Christine M ^a   Mehal, Jason M ^a   Folkema, Arianne M ^a   Redd, John T ^c   Cheek, James E ^c   Damon, Inger K ^a   Reynolds, Mary G ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

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

^c INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATITIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECZEMA; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLLUSCUM CONTAGIOSUM; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR; TREND STUDY; AMBULATORY CARE; INFANT; MOLLUSCUM CONTAGIOSUM VIRUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

AMBULATORY CARE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INFANT; MALE; MOLLUSCUM CONTAGIOSUM; MOLLUSCUM CONTAGIOSUM VIRUS; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84904981439     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0103419     Document Type: Article

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