MeSH definition : A genus of POXVIRIDAE, subfamily CHORDOPOXVIRINAE, infecting humans. Transmission
is by direct contact among children, by sexual contact among young adults, or by fomites.
MOLLUSCUM CONTAGIOSUM VIRUS is the type species.;
MeSH synonym : molluscipoxviruses;
MeSH annotation : a genus of the subfamily Chordopoxvirinae; mollusci- refers to agent of the disease
molluscum contagiosum, not to mollusks; infection: coord IM with POXVIRIDAE INFECTIONS
(IM);
A genus of POXVIRIDAE, subfamily CHORDOPOXVIRINAE, infecting humans. Transmission
is by direct contact among children, by sexual contact among young adults, or by fomites.
MOLLUSCUM CONTAGIOSUM VIRUS is the type species.