Virus infections of the skin (overview)B08.-

Author:Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer

Last updated on: 27.02.2021

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DefinitionThis section has been translated automatically.

Frequent skin diseases which have a significant clinical, therapeutic and differential diagnostic significance. Basically only 3 groups of viruses are able to infect the skin:

Human papillomaviruses
Herpes viruses (herpes simplex virus, varicella zoster virus)
Smallpox viruses (paravaccinia virus, parapox viruses)

Infection can occur through direct contact (papilloma and herpes viruses), through reactivation from an extracutaneous focus (herpes zoster), but also hematogenically (varicella zoster viruses). The most common viral infections are listed below:

ClassificationThis section has been translated automatically.

Infections caused by human papillomaviruses, see under Wart

s.under Herpes simplex virus infections

s. under Varicella, Zoster

s. under Molluscum contagiosum

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Last updated on: 27.02.2021

Author: Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer