title: The story of a cell. The George N. Papanicolaou Award lecture.
abstract: The history of one cell type observed on gynecologic cytologic samples and later identified as pathognomonic of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is presented. Mention is also made of the role of HPV in the development of premalignant and malignant squamous lesions of the uterine cervix.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002584:Cervix Uteri / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D027383:Papillomaviridae; D014412:Tumor Virus Infections / Q000473:pathology*; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D014621:Vagina / Q000382:microbiology