NATS 1670 Study Guide - Final Guide: Tenofovir Disoproxil, Antibody, Boogie 2Nite
23 Feb 2015
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Human papillomavirus infection (hpv: causes of all cases of cervical cancer without hpv, there is no cervical cancer, sexually transmitted virus, the fifth common cancer in females. Viruses can cause inflammation when you cannot resolve the viral infection after a long period of time, there is a chance that this will lead to cancer. Cancer takes place after 30-40 years because the inflammation will remain for a long period of time. Hpv and cervical cancer: hpv is a non-enveloped virus, few mutations. Hpv: genome size: approximately 8,000 bp, species specific- virus that infects humans (rabbit hpv infects only rabbits). In most cases, animal hpv is not really considered an issue: site specific- epithelial cells (found everywhere in the body, over 100 genotypes- stable (different subtypes and genomes of the virus) 1713: bernardino ramazzini: reported in the absence of cervical cancer in nuns.
