title: Immunologic surveillance and human papillomaviruses.
abstract: Papillomaviruses, the cause of warts, are the oldest known human tumor viruses. Here Holger Kirchner reviews the evidence for immunosurveillance against human papillomaviruses and concludes that surveillance mechanisms may also operate against the tumors that these viruses induce.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Virus Research, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Federal Republic of Germany.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kirchner