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Papillomavirus infections--a major cause of human cancers.
Biochimica et biophysica acta - 9 Oct 1996
zur Hausen H
Abstract excerpt
The papillomavirus family represents a remarkably heterogeneous group of viruses. At present, 77 distinct genotypes have been identified in humans and partial sequences have been obtained from more than 30 putative novel genotypes. Geographic differences in base composition of individual genotypes are generally small and suggest a low mutation rate and thus an ancient origin of today's prototypes. The relatively...
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