Butcher's wart is a cutaneous (skin) condition with a prevalence of 8.5% to 23.8% among butchers and other meat-handling professions [12,13].
Natural Course and Immune ProfileLike majority of viral diseases almost 75% of warts regress spontaneously [8] with 30% regressing within four months [14]. Rest persist, progress with increase in no. and size. Immune response to HPV infection is responsible for spontaneous regression of warts. Spontaneously regressing warts have epidermal and dermal influx of CD 4+ activated memory lymphocytes, low level of Il-10, high level of Interferon and Th1 response [4,15,16]. CD 4+ve lymphocytes within the wart