title: Papillomaviruses: their possible role in oral disease.
abstract: Papillomaviruses are ubiquitous DNA viruses that are epitheliotropic and produce a range of epithelial neoplasms, both benign and malignant, in animals and man. Human papillomaviruses are associated with a variety of rare and uncommon oral lesions, and there has been increasing suspicion that they may be implicated also in some premalignant and malignant oral lesions.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Scully
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Prime
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Maitland
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000382:microbiology; D003218:Condylomata Acuminata / Q000382:microbiology; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D004848:Epithelium / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D006965:Hyperplasia / Q000473:pathology; D007972:Leukoplakia, Oral / Q000382:microbiology; D009059:Mouth Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D010212:Papilloma / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D027383:Papillomaviridae / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000502:physiology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D014412:Tumor Virus Infections / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D014860:Warts / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral