Molluscum contagiosum virus is a member of the
Poxviridae family. Molluscum contagiosum virus causes a
benign viral infection that is largely (if not exclusively) a
human disease. Molluscum contagiosum virus causes
characteristic skin lesions con
sisting of single or, more
often, multiple, rounded, dome-shaped, pink, waxy papules
that are 2-5 mm (rarely up to 1.5 cm seen in the case of a
giant molluscus) in diameter. The papules are umbilicated
and contain a caseous plug.
