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Detection of specific HPV subtypes responsible for the pathogenesis of condylomata acuminata.
Virology journal - 1 May 2013
Hawkins Matthew G, Winder David M, Ball Siolian L R, Vaughan Katie, Sonnex Christopher, Stanley Margaret A, Sterling Jane C, Goon Peter K C
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BACKGROUND: The low-risk human papillomavirus types 6 and 11 are responsible for approximately 90% of anogenital wart cases, with approximately 190,000 new and recurrent cases reported in the UK in 2010. The UK has recently selected the quadrivalent HPV vaccine, which conveys protection against both HPV6 and HPV 11, as part of its immunisation programme for 2012 and it is expected that this will reduce disease...
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