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Lesional HPV types of cutaneous warts can be reliably identified by surface swabs.
Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology - 1 Oct 2011
de Koning M N C, Khoe L V, Eekhof J A H, Kamp M, Gussekloo J, Ter Schegget J, Bouwes Bavinck J N, Quint W G V
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BACKGROUND: Large numbers of HPV types infect the human skin and members from the HPV genera alpha, gamma and mu are associated with cutaneous warts. OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to test if the HPV genotypes in swabs of the overlying skin are identical to the types present within these warts. STUDY DESIGN: To this purpose, 25 persons being treated for persistent cutaneous warts were enrolled. Swabs of...
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