Molecular epidemiological study of molluscum contagiosum virus in two urban areas of western Japan by the in-gel endonuclease digestion method.

The in-gel endonuclease digestion method was introduced for the molecular epidemiology of molluscum contagiosum virus (MCV). We obtained clear electrophoretic patterns from 90.3% of single lesions. The distribution of MCV types in Western Japan was revealed to be different from that in other countries.