Papovaviruses
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This group of viruses has the ability to transform cells and is related to tumor growth. We divide this family into two genera:
- Papillomavirus – the cause of warts and tumor growth
- Polyomavirus
Virion[edit | edit source]
The size of the virion is between 40–60 nm
Human papilloma virus (HPV)[edit | edit source]
- Together with other factors of the external environment, it is related to the development of cancer of the cervix uteri.
- According to oncogenic potential, the virus is divided into two types:
- high risk HPV (16, 18, 45, 46),
- low risk HPV (6, 11, 42–44).
- Transmission – through sexual contact (it does not manifest itself clinically in men).
Wart Virus[edit | edit source]
- It occurs more often in immunosuppressed people
- There is a possibility of treatment with ointments with inducers of interferons
Polyomaviruses[edit | edit source]
BK polyomavirus[edit | edit source]
- Significantly expanded, isolated from the urine of patients after kidney transplantation and with multifocal leukoencephalopathy.
JC polyomavirus[edit | edit source]
- Repeatedly isolated from the brain of patients who died of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy.
Links[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- HORÁČEK, Jiří. Základy lékařské mikrobiologie. 1. vydání. Praha : Nakladatelství Karolinum, 2000. sv. 1. ISBN 80-246-0006-4.
Kategorie:Mikrobiologie Kategorie:Viry Kategorie:Infekční lékařství Kategorie:Dermatovenerologie