Bovine papillomavirus

Bovine papillomaviruses
	Bovine papillomavirus (3D reconstruction)
Scientific classification
(unranked):	Virus
Realm:	Monodnaviria
Kingdom:	Shotokuvirae
Phylum:	Cossaviricota
Class:	Papovaviricetes
Order:	Zurhausenvirales
Family:	Papillomaviridae
Subfamily:	Firstpapillomavirinae
Groups included
	Deltapapillomavirus Deltapapillomavirus 4 (formerly Bovine papillomavirus 1); ; Epsilonpapillomavirus Epsilonpapillomavirus 1 (formerly Bovine papillomavirus 5 and Bovine papillomavirus 2); ; Xipapillomavirus Xipapillomavirus 1 (formerly Bovine papillomavirus 3 and Bovine papillomavirus 2); ;

Bovine papillomaviruses (BPV) are a paraphyletic group of DNA viruses of the subfamily Firstpapillomavirinae of Papillomaviridae that are common in cattle. All BPVs have a circular double-stranded DNA genome. Infection causes warts (papillomas and fibropapillomas) of the skin and alimentary tract, and more rarely cancers of the alimentary tract and urinary bladder. They are also thought to cause the skin tumour equine sarcoid in horses and donkeys.

BPVs have been used as a model for studying papillomavirus molecular biology and for dissecting the mechanisms by which this group of viruses cause cancer.

^ ^a ^b ^c "ICTV Taxonomy history: Bovine papillomavirus 1". International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV). Retrieved 17 January 2019.

[ICTV_history-1] "ICTV Taxonomy history: Bovine papillomavirus 1". International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV). Retrieved 17 January 2019.

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