RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Kitasato, Hidero A1 Egawa, Kiyofumi A1 Honda, Yumi A1 Ono, Tomomichi A1 Mizushima, Yutaka A1 Kawai, ShinichiYR 1998 T1 A putative human papillomavirus type 57 new subtype isolated from plantar epidermoid cysts without intracytoplasmic inclusion bodies JF Journal of General Virology, VO 79 IS 8 SP 1977 OP 1981 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/0022-1317-79-8-1977 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1465-2099, AB Human papillomavirus type 60 (HPV-60) is the only virus type that has been identified in epidermoid cysts. In this study, HPV-57 DNA was found in three out of 18 plantar epidermoid cysts with different histological features from HPV-60-associated cysts, using PCRand Southern hybridization. The HPV-57- associated cysts had features resembling an HPV-2- specific cytopathic effect. The sequences of two HPV-57 DNA clones isolated from two patients were identical, but differed at some positions from those of HPV-57a and HPV-57b. This putative new subtype was tentatively designated as HPV-57c, and may be associated with plantar epidermoid cysts showing histological features resembling the HPV-2 cytopathic effect., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/jgv/10.1099/0022-1317-79-8-1977