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Science 23 October 1964:
Vol. 146. no. 3643, pp. 531 - 533
DOI: 10.1126/science.146.3643.531
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Human Wart Virus: In vitro Cultivation

Stephen Oroszlan 1 and Marvin A. Rich 1

1 Laboratory of Cancer Research, Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia

Inoculation of cell cultures of fetal skin of human and murine origin with virus extracted from human wart tissue resulted in the appearance of intracellular wart virus specific antigen, as demonstrated by fluorescent antibody techniques. Appearance of antigen was accompanied by cytopathogenicity and the accumulation of large numbers of characteristic virus particles.


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Verrucae Vulgaris Rejection: A Preliminary Study of Contact Dermatitis and Cellular Immunity Response.
J. H. Greenberg, T. L. Smith, and R. M. Katz (1973)
Arch Dermatol 107, 580-582
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Warts.
S.-L. A. Plotkin (1967)
Clinical Pediatrics 6, 319-320
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