Pityriasis Rosea

Miller, Thomas H.

doi:10.1001/archderm.1941.01500010069013

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“…Many features suggest an infectious cause of PR (summarized in Table 1). PR can occur in closely living communities such as households and military troops and give rise to small "epidemics" or clustering of cases [16,40]. The disease seems to be more common among dermatologists and individuals working or attending educational establishments [37,38].…”

Section: Pr -An Infectious Disease?mentioning

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Pityriasis rosea - a virus-induced skin disease? An update

Kempf

Burg

2000

Archives of Virology

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Pityriasis rosea (PR) is an acute, inflammatory skin disease of unknown cause. Clinical and experimental findings indicate an infectious etiology of PR. Various infectious agents including viruses have been proposed as causative agents and their presence in PR samples has been extensively investigated. Recently, human herpesvirus 7 was linked to PR, but contradictory findings have been reported by various investigators. Here, we describe the features of PR that suggest an infectious cause and review the data from viral studies in PR reported in the literature. In addition, we present a pathogenetic model of PR which may be helpful in planning and evaluating studies for the search of a putative PR-associated virus. Based on the current state of knowledge, none of the known viruses could, so far, be conclusively associated with PR.

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