Unbiased approach for virus detection in skin lesions.

To assess presence of virus DNA in skin lesions, swab samples from 82 squamous cell carcinomas of the skin (SCCs), 60 actinic keratoses (AKs), paraffin-embedded biopsies from 28 SCCs and 72 kerathoacanthomas (KAs) and fresh-frozen biopsies from 92 KAs, 85 SCCs and 92 AKs were analyzed by high throug...

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Main Authors: Davit Bzhalava, Hanna Johansson, Johanna Ekström, Helena Faust, Birgitta Möller, Carina Eklund, Peter Nordin, Bo Stenquist, John Paoli, Bengt Persson, Ola Forslund, Joakim Dillner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3696016?pdf=render