Seroprevalence of 34 human papillomavirus types in the German general population.

The natural history of infections with many human papillomavirus (HPV) types is poorly understood. Here, we describe for the first time the age- and sex-dependent antibody prevalence for 29 cutaneous and five mucosal HPV types from 15 species within five phylogenetic genera (alpha, beta, gamma, mu,...

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Main Authors: Kristina M Michael, Tim Waterboer, Peter Sehr, Annette Rother, Ulrich Reidel, Heiner Boeing, Ignacio G Bravo, Jörg Schlehofer, Barbara C Gärtner, Michael Pawlita
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008-06-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2408730?pdf=render