Underwear: contamination by human papillomaviruses.
case_control · Level III
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Abstract
Genital human papillomavirus-related lesions occurring in 74 patients and cellular swab samples taken from their underwear were analyzed with a filter hybridization technique (ViraPap-ViraType, Life Technologies Inc., Gaithersburg, Md.) for human papillomavirus deoxyribonucleic acid. Human papillomavirus deoxyribonucleic acid was found in 54 of 74 (72%) lesional tissues and 13 of 74 (17%) swabs from the underwear. Recurrence rates in patients with and without positive underwear swabs were 61% and 29% (p less than 0.05), respectively.
Medical subject headings
- Clothing
- Papillomaviridae
- Tumor Virus Infections