Sexually Transmitted Disease
The Child Abuse Team at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center provides the following table as a guide for health care professionals in interpreting laboratory test results for Molluscum Contagiosum (Poxvirus).
| Infection Sites | May occur anywhere on the body |
Incubation Period
and Symptoms | Small bumps with a central depression. The incubation period is two weeks to six months. |
| Transmission | This virus is spread by direct contact. It is most often transmitted by non-sexual contact. |
| Diagnostic Tests | Diagnosis is made by the clinical appearance of the rash. |
