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Beta-HPV types in patients with head and neck pathology and in healthy subjects.
Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology - 1 Sept 2016
Sabol Ivan, Smahelova Jana, Klozar Jan, Mravak-Stipetic Marinka, Gheit Tarik, Tommasino Massimo, Grce Magdalena, Tachezy Ruth
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Human papillomaviruses (HPV) are a heterogeneous group of viruses classified into five genera. The beta-HPV type (beta-PV) infection is very common but mostly asymptomatic in immunocompetent individuals. However, beta-PVs play a role in Epidermodysplasia verruciformis and possibly in non-melanoma skin cancer. Head and neck cancer (HNC) is a common cancer type worldwide and high-risk alpha-PV...
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