Identification of a novel strain of human papillomavirus from children with diarrhea in china.

ABSTRACT: A highly divergent human papillomavirus (HPV) strain, HPV-L55, was identified in fecal samples from children hospitalized with diarrhea in China. The L1 gene of HPV-L55 shares <75% identity with previously reported HPVs, indicating that this virus represents a novel type of HPV. Phylogenetic analysis classified this virus as a member of the gammapapillomaviruses.

SUBMITTER: Yu JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3790082 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature