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Anonymous
The only small-animal model of papillomavirus infection with long-term persistence and malignant progression of lesions is CRPV, therefore research and comparative studies into a possible vaccine against the human papillomavirus are underway. Results so far show that E6 gene vaccination protected rabbits against papilloma formation, suppressed papilloma growth, and stimulated papilloma regression to differing degrees depending on the vaccination strategy.
CRPV is responsible for the ancient belief that rabbits or hares could grow horns (Lepus cornutus in Latin) referenced in Tableau Encyclopedique et Methodique, 1789 and painted by Joris Hoefnagel in the late 1570's. Left untreated CRPV warts can grow into long horny shapes around the ears and chin.
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