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. 2005 Mar;43(3):1408-10.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.43.3.1408-1410.2005.

Presence of DNA of human papillomavirus 16 but no other types in tumor-free tonsillar tissue

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Presence of DNA of human papillomavirus 16 but no other types in tumor-free tonsillar tissue

Renwei Chen et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2005 Mar.

Abstract

According to PCR, the prevalences of human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA were 6.3% (13 of 206) in tonsillitis or hypertrophic tonsillar tissues and 0.6% (1 of 174) in exfoliated cells from normal tonsils. HPV-16 was the only type detected in tonsillar tissues, but it did not appear to lead to L1 antibody production.

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