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ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Papillomaviridae
Koenraad Van Doorslaer1, Zigui Chen2, Hans-Ulrich Bernard3
11School of Animal and Comparative Biomedical Sciences, Cancer Biology Graduate Interdisciplinary Program, Genetics Graduate Interdisciplinary Program, BIO5 Institute, and the University of Arizona Cancer Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.
Abstract:
The Papillomaviridae is a family of small, non-enveloped viruses with double-stranded DNA genomes of 5 748 to 8 607 bp. Their classification is based on pairwise nucleotide sequence identity across the L1 open reading frame. Members of the Papillomaviridae primarily infect mucosal and keratinised epithelia, and have been isolated from fish, reptiles, birds and mammals. Despite a long co-evolutionary history with their hosts, some papillomaviruses are pathogens of their natural host species. This is a summary of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) Report on the taxonomy of the Papillomaviridae, which is available at http://www.ictv.global/report/papillomaviridae.
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