Pattern of HPV infection in basal cell carcinoma and in perilesional skin biopsies from immunocompetent patients

Table 4 Viral load determination for HPV5 and HPV24 in paired samples (tumour and corresponding perilesional skin)

Patient	1 HPV5 copy/no. of cell		Patient	1 HPV24 copy/no. of cell
	equivalents¹			equivalents¹
	BCC	Perilesional skin		BCC	Perilesional skin
1	61	1200	4	75	2.3
2	1	50	5	6410	107
3	132	3566	6	641	32
-	-	-	7	932	22

¹ The viral loads were corrected for the input amount cells as described in “Material and methods”.

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