title: Clinically healthy skin of dogs is a potential reservoir for canine papillomaviruses.
abstract: Papillomaviruses have been linked to several skin disorders in the dog. In order to have a suitable diagnostic tool for canine papillomavirus detection, eight PCRs with published primer combinations were evaluated. The most sensitive PCR was used to demonstrate that papillomavirus DNA can be detected on nonlesional skin of dogs.
authors.affiliation: Dermatology Department, Clinic for Small Animal Internal Medicine, Vetsuisse Faculty, Winterthurerstrasse 260, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland. clange@vetclinics.uzh.ch
authors.forename: Christian E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Lange
authors.forename: Sabrina
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zollinger
authors.forename: Kurt
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tobler
authors.forename: Mathias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ackermann
authors.forename: Claude
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Favrot
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002353:Carrier State / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000235:genetics; D004285:Dogs; D027383:Papillomaviridae / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D030361:Papillomavirus Infections / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D012867:Skin / Q000821:virology*; D014773:Virology / Q000379:methods; D014780:Viruses
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers