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The Oral Cavity Contains Abundant Known and Novel Human Papillomaviruses From the Betapapillomavirus and Gammapapillomavirus Genera
15 Aug 2011
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BACKGROUND: Human papillomaviruses (HPVs) primarily sort into 3 genera: Alphapapillomavirus (α-HPV), predominantly isolated from mucosa, and Betapapillomavirus (β-HPV) and Gammapapillomavirus (γ-HPV), predominantly isolated from skin. HPV types might infect body sites that are different from those from which they were originally isolated. METHODS: We investigated the spectrum of HPV type distribution in oral...
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