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Tinea capitis is highly endemic in Kashmir. Favus is the main disease, but scalp ringworm due toTrichophyton violaceumcoexists. Cultures were made from 57 patients (Trichophyton Schoenleini44,T violaceum13). Three clinical types of favus were seen. InT violaceuminfections pustular lesions and alopecia due to scarring were more predominant than in Europe. Recommendations for a systematic campaign against tinea capitis are given.
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A. H. Klokke (1964) studied this question.
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