[HTML][HTML] A case–control study of betapapillomavirus infection and cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma in organ transplant recipients

CM Proby, CA Harwood, RE Neale, AC Green… - American Journal of …, 2011 - Elsevier
We examined the association between betapapillomavirus (betaPV) infection and
cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) in organ transplant recipients. A total of 210
organ transplant recipients with previous SCC and 394 controls without skin cancer were
included. The presence of 25 betaPV types in plucked eyebrow hairs was determined using
a human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA genotyping assay, and antibodies for the 15 most
prevalent betaPV types were detected using multiplex serology. We used multivariate …