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Prevalence and correlates of beta human papillomavirus detection in fingernail samples from mid-adult women.
Papillomavirus research (Amsterdam, Netherlands) - 1 Jun 2018
Winer Rachel L, Gheit Tarik, Cherne Stephen, Lin John, Stern Joshua E, Poljak Mario, Feng Qinghua, Tommasino Massimo
Abstract excerpt
Cutaneous human papillomaviruses (HPVs) have not been evaluated in fingernails from healthy individuals. To determine prevalence and correlates of β-HPVs in fingernails from healthy mid-adult women, we tested archived samples collected from 2011 to 2012 using a multiplex PCR combined with Luminex technology for 46 β-HPV genotypes. One hundred thirteen (61.1%) of 185 fingernail samples were positive for β-HPV, and...
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