Lutzner M A, Orth G, Dutronquay V, Ducasse M F, Kreis H, Crosnier J
Lancet. 1983 Aug 20;2(8347):422-4. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(83)90389-6.
A renal allograft recipient with an epidermodysplasia-verruciformis-like syndrome was found to have human papillomavirus type 5 (HPV-5) in his benign warty lesions and HPV-5 DNA in two of his skin cancers. This finding points to a role for HPV-5 in skin oncogenesis in renal allograft recipients.