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+ | Phototherapy suppresses immunity which can lead to the progression of other infections such as human papilloma virus (HPV). A 2010 study used a nested polymerase chain reaction, to analyze skin biopsies taken a from 20 psoriasis patients under phototherapy (UVB) and 20 untreated psoriatic patients. The authors were able to detect viruses in 60% of the treatment but in none of the controls.(({{pubmed> | ||
A 2011 study by Damian //et al.// concluded that exposure to sunlight even at suberythemal levels – sunlight which doesn' | A 2011 study by Damian //et al.// concluded that exposure to sunlight even at suberythemal levels – sunlight which doesn' | ||
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Certain support for this study comes from a 2011 Australian paper that found that 8 week old mice given a single exposure of ultraviolet radiation had suppressed immunity.(({{pubmed> | Certain support for this study comes from a 2011 Australian paper that found that 8 week old mice given a single exposure of ultraviolet radiation had suppressed immunity.(({{pubmed> | ||
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