Warts are the most common viral infection of the skin. Most dermatologists believe that the frequency of warts is increasing. In spite of this. commonness and increasing frequency, there is no clear information about warts of Koreans.
This paper attempts to clarify the epidemiological features and behavior of warts. 1. The sex ratio of wart patients was same.
2. The peak age group of wart patients was from 15 years to 24 and within that age there were 48. 3 % of verruca plana patients, 60.6% of verruca vulgaris patients, and 42.1% of condyloma accuminata patients.
3. Of 112 wart patients 53. 6% had verruca plana, 29.5,% verruca vulgaris, and 16.9% condyloma accuminata.
4. Of the wart patients in this series, 60% of verruca plana patients, 37% of verruca vulgaris patients, and 100% of condyloma accuminata patients had the duration of disease less than 1 year at the first visit at out patient department of dermatology.
5. The predilection site of verruca plana is face(90%), verruca vulgaris is the dorsum of hand(69.7%), and condyloma accuminata is sex organ, penis or vagina(42. 1%).
6. When the wart patients were compared to the total number and new patients of dermatologic department in each year, the frequency of the wart patients did not increase from 1977 to 1981.
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