Anogenital hairs are an important reservoir of alpha-papillomaviruses in patients with genital warts

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 199, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1270-1274

  Poljak, Mario ^a   Kocjan, Boštjan J ^a   Potoč nik, Marko ^b   Seme, Katja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHAPAPILLOMAVIRUS; ARTICLE; CONDYLOMA ACUMINATUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS DETECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALPHAPAPILLOMAVIRUS; ANAL CANAL; CONDYLOMATA ACUMINATA; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; FORESKIN; HAIR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCROTUM; SKIN; VULVA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65649092953     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/597619     Document Type: Article

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