title: Presence of DNA of human papillomavirus 16 but no other types in tumor-free tonsillar tissue.
abstract: According to PCR, the prevalences of human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA were 6.3% (13 of 206) in tonsillitis or hypertrophic tonsillar tissues and 0.6% (1 of 174) in exfoliated cells from normal tonsils. HPV-16 was the only type detected in tonsillar tissues, but it did not appear to lead to L1 antibody production.
authors.affiliation: Department of Virology, Haartman Institute, Haartmaninkatu 3, P.O. Box 21, 00014 University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland. Renwei.Chen@helsinki.fi
authors.forename: Renwei
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sehr
authors.forename: Tim
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Waterboer
authors.forename: Ilmo
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Leivo
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pawlita
authors.forename: Antti
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vaheri
authors.forename: Leena-Maija
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Aaltonen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008875:Middle Aged; D014066:Palatine Tonsil / Q000821:virology*; D027383:Papillomaviridae / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D004279:DNA, Viral