Multiple choice

An old man is suffering from epidermodysplasia verruciformis. He is most likely to be infected by

  1. papillomavirus

  2. Polyomavirus

  3. simian virus 40

  4. adenovirus

  5. herpesvirus
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Explanation

Papillomavirus have a genome size about 8 kilobases. They cause warts and also human and animal cancers. Warts are usually benign but can convert to malignant carcinomas. This occurs in patients with epidermodysplasia verruciformis.

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