Bovine papillomavirus
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This article is about the group of viruses primarily affecting cattle. For the condition caused by problems in the inner ear, see Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo.
Bovine papillomaviruses (BPV) are a paraphyletic group of DNA viruses of the subfamily Firstpapillomavirinae of Papillomaviridae that are common in cattle. All BPVs have a circular double-stranded DNA genome. Infection causes warts (papillomas and fibropapillomas) of the skin and alimentary tract, and more rarely cancers of the alimentary tract and urinary bladder. They are also thought to cause the skin tumour equine sarcoid in horses and donkeys.
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Bovine papillomaviruses | |
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Bovine papillomavirus (3D reconstruction) | |
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(unranked): | Virus |
Realm: | Monodnaviria |
Kingdom: | Shotokuvirae |
Phylum: | Cossaviricota |
Class: | Papovaviricetes |
Order: | Zurhausenvirales |
Family: | Papillomaviridae |
Subfamily: | Firstpapillomavirinae |
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BPVs have been used as a model for studying papillomavirus molecular biology and for dissecting the mechanisms by which this group of viruses cause cancer.