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Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and genotype frequency in the oral mucosa of newborns in Milan, Italy.
Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases - 1 Jun 2012
Martinelli M, Zappa A, Bianchi S, Frati E, Colzani D, Amendola A, Tanzi E
Abstract excerpt
Human papillomavirus (HPV) causes cutaneous and mucosal infections in both adults and children. In order to evaluate HPV prevalence and the spectrum of genotypes in the oral cavity of paediatric subjects, a retrospective study was carried out on oral-pharyngeal swabs collected from 177 newborns aged 0-6 months. HPV-DNA was detected by a nested-PCR; the viral typing was made through DNA sequencing. HPV infection...
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