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[What clinicians should know about human papilloma virus vaccines].
Gaceta medica de Mexico - 1 Jan 2000
Sanclemente Gloria
Abstract excerpt
Human papillomaviruses (HPVs) are epitheliotropic viruses that infect the basal layer of mucosal and keratinizing epithelia. HPV viral genome is made up of an early transcription region (E) and a late region composed of genes L1, L2, and a long control region (LCR). Despite the benign character of most lesions, HPV oncogenicity has been demonstrated in anal cancer, epidermodysplasia verruciformis, and cervical...
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