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

نویسندگان

  • Renwei Chen
  • Peter Sehr
  • Tim Waterboer
  • Ilmo Leivo
  • Michael Pawlita
  • Antti Vaheri
  • Leena-Maija Aaltonen
چکیده

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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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Journal of clinical microbiology

دوره 43 3  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2005