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Title: Isolation of a novel human papillomavirus (type 51) from a cervical condyloma

Journal Article · · Journal of Virology; (USA)
OSTI ID:6617502
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  1. Columbia Univ., New York, NY (USA)
  2. Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Heidelberg (West Germany)

The authors cloned the DNA from a novel human papillomavirus (HPV) present in a cervical condyloma. When DNA from this isolate was hybridized at high stringency with HPV types 1 through 50 (HPV-1 through HPV-50), it showed weak homology with HPV-6 and -16 and stronger homology with HPV-26. A detailed restriction endonuclease map was prepared which showed marked differences from the maps for other HPVs that have been isolated from the female genital tract. Reassociation kinetic analysis revealed that HPV-26 and this new isolate were less than 10% homologous; hence, the new isolate is a noel strain of HPV. The approximate positions of the open reading frames of the new strain were surmised by hybridization with probes derived from individual open reading frames of HPV-16. In an analysis of 175 genital biopsies from patients with abnormal Papanicolaou smears, sequences hybridizing under highly stringent conditions to probes from this novel HPV type were found in 4.2, 6.1, and 2.4% of biopsies containing normal squamous epithelium, condylomata, and intraepithelial neoplasia, respectively. In addition, sequences homologous to probes from this novel isolate were detected in one of five cervical carcinomas examined.

OSTI ID:
6617502
Journal Information:
Journal of Virology; (USA), Vol. 62:4; ISSN 0022-538X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English