As the name implies,<unk>  is extremely contagious. Transmission of the<unk>  virus can occur many different ways including direct skin contact (e.g., contact sports or sexual activity), contact with an infected surface (fomite), or autoinoculation (self-infection) by scratching or picking<unk>  lesions and then touching other parts of the skin not previously affected by the virus. Children are particularly susceptible to autoinoculation and may have widespread clusters of lesions. The viral infection is limited to a localized area on the topmost layer of the superficial layer of the skin. Once the virus-containing head of the lesion has been destroyed, the infection is gone. The central waxy core contains the virus.
Molluscum contagiosum
Wart
Tinea manuum
Chickenpox
Lentigo simplex
Folliculitis
Lichen myxedematosus
Herpes simplex