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SUBMITTER: de Koning MN
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2863857 | biostudies-literature | 2010 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
de Koning Maurits N C MN ter Schegget Jan J Eekhof Just A H JA Kamp Marga M Kleter Bernhard B Gussekloo Jacobijn J Feltkamp Mariet C W MC Bouwes Bavinck Jan Nico JN Purdie Karin J KJ Bunker Christopher B CB Proby Charlotte M CM Meys Rhonda R Harwood Catherine A CA Quint Wim G V WG
Journal of clinical microbiology 20100317 5
A large number of human papillomavirus (HPV) types, distributed over five papillomavirus genera, are detectable in the skin. HPV types belonging to the alpha, gamma, and mu genera have been detected in cutaneous warts. A state-of-the-art HPV genotyping assay for these cutaneous wart-associated HPV types does not exist although warts constitute a highly prevalent skin condition, especially in children (33%) and organ transplant recipients (45%). Cutaneous warts are again the focus of attention as ...[more]