WARTS, HPV AND HOST IMMUNITY : A COMPLEX RELATION

Dr Anupama Wahengbam, Prof Dr Jeyakumari Jeevan, Dr Sowmya Dogiparthi

Abstract


A complex relationship between warts, Human papilloma Virus (HPV) and the human host immunity is an area which needs further exploration than what we know now.[1],[2] Skin possesses many connected linked defense mechanisms that include an intact stratum corneum, complement mediated phagocytosis and the adaptive immunity. HPV gains entry through minor skin defects to infect the basal epithelial layer. HPV infections are unlike the short lived acute viral infection influenza which induces a strong immune response. By the property of antigenic variation, genome integration and by residing in sites which are not reachable to immunity cells, HPV can escape detection.

Keywords


Warts, HPV, Host immunity

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