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Beta-papillomaviruses in anogenital hairs plucked from healthy individuals.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Dec 2006
Potocnik Marko, Kocjan Bostjan J, Seme Katja, Luzar Bostjan, Babic Dunja Z, Poljak Mario
Abstract excerpt
A total of 150 specimens of anogenital hairs plucked from the scrotal, pubic, and perianal region of 51 immunocompetent healthy male individuals were tested for the presence of beta-papillomaviruses (beta-HPV) using the nested M(a)/H(a) polymerase chain reaction. Beta-HPV were found in a total of 38 (25.3%) of 150 hair samples. According to the sampling sites, beta-HPV were detected in 18/51 (35.3%), 13/50...
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