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- Title
Butchers' warts: no evidence for person to person transmission of HPV 7.
- Authors
Keefe, M.; Al-Ghamdi, A.; Coggon, D.; Maitland, N. J.; Egger, P.; Keefe, C. J.; Carey, A.; Sanders, C. M.
- Abstract
The distribution of warts due to HPV7 in workers in six abattoirs and 103 retail and wholesale butcheries has been studied to determine whether the high prevalence of HPV 7 in the meat trade is the result of enhanced person to person transmission, or whether it is a ubiquitous virus which is activated by an unknown factor in meat. Warts were detected in 164 of 486 men. Scrapings were taken from 156 men, and HPV DNA was found in 112 samples, 74 of which contained HPV7. HPV7 was found in 36 workplaces, and there was no evidence of clustering of cases, as would be expected if person to person transmission was occurring in the workplace. This suggests that HPV 7 is widely distributed in the community, but only causes clinical disease under specific conditions. We suggest that some unknown factor in meat enhances viral replication.
- Subjects
WARTS; INFECTIOUS disease transmission; SKIN infections; BUTCHERS; PAPILLOMA; CUTANEOUS glands; MEAT industry; HAND diseases
- Publication
British Journal of Dermatology, 1994, Vol 130, Issue 1, p15
- ISSN
0007-0963
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1365-2133.1994.tb06875.x