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Does influenza subtype H1N1 have a place in the etiology of pityriasis rosea?Keywords: pityriasis rosea, influenza, papulosquamous disease, viral etiology Abstract: Pityriasis rosea (PR) is an acute, inflammatory skin disease of unknown cause. Various infectious agents including viruses have been proposed as causative agents and presence of influenza subtype H1N1 was shown in case reports with PR, but the relation was not conclusive. We hypothesited that there may be a relation between PR and H1N1, since both of them are prevalent in the same period as winter or season transitions
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