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The measured parameters included: gender, age, the season when athletes may be more susceptible to infections and the location of infection in the body. Practicing information such as the number of training years, number of weekly trainings, and average hours of daily training was also recorded. Incidence rates correlated in relation to age: (a) warts (p &lt; 0.001), molluscum contagiosum (p &lt; 0.001), and herpes simplex (p = 0.001); (b) years of training: warts (p &lt; 0.001), molluscum contagiosum (p &lt; 0.001), and herpes simplex (p = 0.004); (c) average hours of daily training: molluscum contagiosum (p = 0.006) and herpes simplex (p &lt; 0.010). The skin is the largest organ, and the risk of infection should not be underestimated. 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