How to Use papillomavirus in a Sentence
papillomavirus
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Those fun, fleshy skin growths caused by papillomavirus.
—Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 25 Aug. 2017
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It’s on the same level as other highly effective vaccines, such as those for measles and the papillomavirus.
—Lisa J. Huriash, sun-sentinel.com, 12 Dec. 2020
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While only a doctor can diagnose you for sure, the bumps could be genital warts, a common effect of the human papillomavirus.
—Hannah Orenstein, Seventeen, 10 Apr. 2017
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Its human-papillomavirus vaccine, Gardasil, is growing sales at an impressive clip, bringing in over $3 billion in the first half of this year alone.
—David Wainer, WSJ, 24 Aug. 2022
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The state does not require children to be immunized against human papillomavirus (HPV).
—Rita Giordano, Philly.com, 8 Aug. 2017
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These cancers are rising fast, especially in men, and research suggests that HPV, the human papillomavirus, is spreading through oral sex.
—Marilynn Marchione, Sun-Sentinel.com, 18 May 2017
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Initially, researchers thought the warts of those involved with the slaughtering or butchering of cows were a result of a bovine papillomavirus (BPV), seemingly infected by the virus in a direct cow-to-human transfer.
—Rebecca Kreston, Discover Magazine, 17 Oct. 2011
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When one Republican tried to get an exemption for the human papillomavirus vaccine, tempers flared.
—Wayne Drash, CNN, 11 May 2017
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In healthcare, a new detection kit for human papillomavirus and Zika virus promises to speed diagnosis testing from hours to minutes.
—Jennifer Lu, miamiherald, 12 June 2017
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Many had lesions on their feet, which veterinarians have identified as a papillomavirus — from the same viral family that gives humans warts but is unique to northern fulmars.
—Susanne Rust, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Jan. 2022
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Many had lesions on their feet, which veterinarians have identified as a papillomavirus — from the same viral family that gives humans warts but is unique to northern fulmars.
—Susanne Rust, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Jan. 2022
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Twarock’s tilings therefore applied to a wider range of viruses, including the polyomaviruses and papillomaviruses that had evaded Caspar and Klug’s classification.
—Quanta Magazine, 19 July 2017
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Virtually all cases of cervical cancer are caused by infection with human papillomavirus , which inserts its genetic material into a human cell’s DNA.
—Malcolm Ritter, The Seattle Times, 28 Apr. 2017
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Human papillomavirus, for example, retains traces of its ancient emigration.
—Carl Zimmer, Discover Magazine, 17 Aug. 2012
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Human papillomavirus infection, for example, is known to significantly increase the chances of developing cervical cancer.
—Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 2020
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Human papillomavirus, for example, often causes cervical precancer and cancer.
—Roger Marshall, WSJ, 8 Mar. 2021
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