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Warts and Molluscum Contagiosum
1 What causes warts? Warts are caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV), a nonenveloped double-stranded DNA virus. There are over 200 known HPV types, and over 100 have been totally sequenced. The virus infects basal keratinocytes, resulting in keratinocyte hyperproliferation.…