Significant association of cutavirus with parapsoriasis en plaques: high prevalence both in skin swab and biopsy samples.

Ushanandini MohanrajTuomas KonttinenAlexander SalavaLiisa VäkeväAnnamari RankiMaria Söderlund Venermo

Published in: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2023)

Cutavirus (CuV) is associated with cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL), of which parapsoriasis is a precursor. Our study reveals a significantly higher CuV-DNA prevalence in skin-swabs of parapsoriasis patients (6/13, 46.2%), compared to those of healthy adults (1/51, 1.96%). Eight patients (8/12, 66.7%) had CuV-DNA in biopsied skin, and four developed CTCL.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors
soft tissue
circulating tumor
nucleic acid
cell free
ultrasound guided