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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Savini F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6466198 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Veterinary sciences 20190206 1
Despite the characteristic species specificity of Papillomaviruses (PVs), the bovine papillomavirus (BPV) types 1, 2, and-more rarely-13, can cross-infect equids, where they are involved in the pathogenesis of sarcoid neoplasms. Sarcoids are locally invasive fibroblastic skin tumors that represent the most common skin neoplasms in horses worldwide. The transmission mechanism of BPV is still controversial in horses. Thus far, direct and indirect routes have been implicated, while vertical transmi ...[more]