New papillomaviruses identified in Malayan and Chinese pangolins

Papillomaviruses are non-enveloped, double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) viruses with a circular genome. Infection with these viruses can lead to several clinical symptoms ranging from subclinical, cutaneous and mucosal warts to cancerous lesions in the vertebrate host. A new study published in the journal Biological letters identifies two new lineages of papillomaviruses by genome data mining of …

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