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High genital prevalence of cutaneous human papillomavirus DNA on male genital skin: the HPV Infection in Men Study.
BMC infectious diseases - 9 Dec 2014
Sichero Laura, Pierce Campbell Christine M, Fulp William, Ferreira Silvaneide, Sobrinho João S, Baggio Maria, Galan Lenice, Silva Roberto C, Lazcano-Ponce Eduardo, Giuliano Anna R, Villa Luisa L
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The genital skin of males hosts a diversity of HPV genotypes and uncharacterized HPV genotypes. Previously we demonstrated that a specific viral genotype was not identified in 14% of all genital specimens (i.e., HPV unclassified specimens) using the Roche Linear Array method. Our goal was to identify and assess the prevalence of individual HPV types among genital HPV unclassified specimens collected...
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