Classification of papillomaviruses (PVs) based on 189 PV types and proposal of taxonomic amendments

Bernard, Hans-Ulrich; D. Burk, Robert; Chen, Zigui; Van Doorslaer, Koenraad; zur Hausen, Harald; de Villiers, Ethel-Michele

doi:10.1016/j.virol.2010.02.002

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Classification of papillomaviruses (PVs) based on 189 PV types and proposal of taxonomic amendments

Published in Virology • Mar 8, 2010

Authors:

Hans-Ulrich Bernard

Robert D. Burk

Zigui Chen

Abstract

We present an expansion of the classification of the family Papillomaviridae, which now contains 29 genera formed by 189 papillomavirus (PV) types isolated from humans (120 types), non-human mammals, birds and reptiles (64, 3 and 2 types, respectively). To accommodate the number of PV genera exceedi...

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Biology

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Biological classification

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