The extraordinary trajectory of the Papillomavirus through human history

Papillomaviruses have been infecting people since the beginning of human life on earth. The most relevant chapters of this story were written by the brilliant, diverse, and prominent scientists of their respective times. However, an important part of this story is the Papillomavirus victims and thei...

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Detalhes bibliográficos
Autores: Oliveira, Geilson Gomes de, Eleutério Junior, José, Passos, Mauro Romero Leal
Tipo de documento: artigo
Estado:Versão publicada
Data de publicação:2019
País:Brasil
Recursos:Sociedade Brasileira de Doenças Sexualmente Transmissíveis
Repositório:DST (Niterói. Online)
Idioma:inglês
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.bjstd.org:article/844
Acesso em linha:https://www.bjstd.org/revista/article/view/844
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:Papillomaviridae
infecções por papillomavirus
história da medicina
células heLa
teste de Papanicolau
vacinas contra papilomavirus
papillomavirus infections
history of medicine
heLa cells
Papanicolaou test
papillomavirus vaccines
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Resumo:Papillomaviruses have been infecting people since the beginning of human life on earth. The most relevant chapters of this story were written by the brilliant, diverse, and prominent scientists of their respective times. However, an important part of this story is the Papillomavirus victims and their adverse situations. There have also been disputes over intellectual primacy of the discoveries and the collaborators who were not given the recognition according to the role they played. This article will guide the reader through the remarkable facts of this conflicting and interesting relationship between humans and the Papillomavirus.