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Papillomaviruses in human cancers.
Proceedings of the Association of American Physicians - 1 Jan 2000
zur Hausen H
Abstract excerpt
Papillomaviruses have proved to be the most complex group of human pathogenic viruses. Eighty-five genotypes have been fully characterized; approximately 120 additional isolates represent only partially characterized putative novel genotypes. Specific types, most notably human papillomavirus (HPV) types 16, 18, and a few others, have been shown to cause the majority of cervical cancers and their high-grade...
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