Phylogenetically related, clinically different: human papillomaviruses 6 and 11 variants distribution in genital warts and in laryngeal papillomatosis

Authors :: Gloria I. Sanchez
Beatriz Mengual-Chuliá
N Muñoz
Jenny McCloskey
Sara Nicolás-Párraga
J.M. Godínez
Franz X. Bosch
Ville Pimenoff
Ignacio G. Bravo
Source :: Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 20(6):O406-O413
Publication Year :: 2014
Publisher :: Elsevier BV, 2014.
Abstract: Genital warts (GWs) and laryngeal papillomatosis (LP) are two usually benign pathologies related to infection with human papillomaviruses (HPVs), mainly HPV6 and HPV11. The aim of this work was to describe the genetic diversity of HPV6 and HPV11 isolates found in GWs and LPs, and to analyse the differential involvement of viral variants in either lesion. A total of 231 samples diagnosed as GWs (

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