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Virology and Viral Diseases
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An old man is suffering from epidermodysplasia verruciformis. He is most likely to be infected by
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papillomavirus
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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.