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Both mucosal and cutaneous papillomaviruses are in the oral cavity but only alpha genus seems to be associated with cancer.
Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology - 1 Jan 2013
Paolini Francesca, Rizzo Consuelo, Sperduti Isabella, Pichi Barbara, Mafera Barbara, Rahimi Siavash S, Vigili Maurizio G, Venuti Aldo
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BACKGROUND: Human papillomaviruses are associated with invasive cancers in the cervical, anogenital, and oropharyngeal areas. Persistent HPV infections, particularly with high-risk HPV such as HPV 16, are involved in the carcinogenesis of a subset of oropharyngeal cancers. The majority of published studies on HPV prevalence in these tumors concentrated on identifying high-risk mucosal types. OBJECTIVES: To...
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