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The sero-epidemiology of human papillomavirus among Caucasian transplant recipients in the UK

Delphine Casabonne1*, Tim Waterboer2, Kristina M Michael2, Michael Pawlita2, Aoife Lally3, Liza Mitchell4, Beata Imko-Walczuk5, Fenella Wojnarowska3, Robert Newton6, Charlotte Proby7 and Catherine Harwood4

1 Cancer Epidemiology Unit, Richard Doll Building, University of Oxford, Old Road Campus, Roosevelt Drive, Headington, Oxford, OX3 7LF, UK

2 Infection and Cancer Program (F020), German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany

3 Department of dermatology, Churchill Hospital, Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals, Oxford, OX3 7LJ, UK

4 Centre for Cutaneous Research, Institute of Cell and Molecular Science, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary, University of London, London E1 2AT, UK

5 Clinical Department of Plastic Surgery, Medical Academy of Gdańsk, Poland, ul. Dębinki 7, 80-952 Gdańsk

6 Epidemiology & Genetics Unit, Department of Health Sciences, University of York, Area 3, Seebohm Rowntree Building, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD, UK

7 Division of Surgery and Oncology, Ninewells Hospital & Medical School, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 9SY, UK

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Infectious Agents and Cancer 2009, 4:13 doi:10.1186/1750-9378-4-13

Published: 14 September 2009

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Human papillomavirus seroprevalence by centre, sex, age at recruitment, time since transplantation and skin type by each HPV type, among Caucasian transplant patients without skin cancer from London and Oxford (N = 425). This file shows seroprevalence of the 34 HPV types by centre, sex, age at recruitment, time since transplantation and skin type.

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