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Hi,i would like to know does molluscum contagiosum lives in the body for the rest of your life.
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No: Once the skin lesions heal, the virus is gone. See this site for more info. http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvrd/molluscum/faq/everyone.htm#howlongstay
Answered 3/10/2015
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