The incidence of tinea versicolor in central Sweden Hellgren, L. and Vincent, J.,, 16, 501-502 (1983), doi = https://doi.org/10.1099/00222615-16-4-501, publicationName = Microbiology Society, issn = 0022-2615, abstract= SUMMARY In a survey of 3302 people in an area of central Sweden, tinea versicolor was diagnosed in 0.5% of males and 0.3% of females; all those infected were adults. Tinea versicolor is much less common in Sweden than in the tropics., language=, type=