A Comprehensive Study of Cutaneous Fibropapillomatosis in Free-Ranging Roe Deer () and Red Deer (): from Clinical Manifestations to Whole-Genome Sequencing of Papillomaviruses.

Papillomaviruses (PVs) are an extremely large group of viruses that cause skin and mucosa infections in humans and various animals. In roe deer and red deer, most PVs belong to the genus and cause neoplastic changes that are generally described as fibropapillomas. Despite the wide distribution of roe and red deer throughout Europe and beyond, the data in the scientific literature regarding the widespread distribution of PVs and the genetic variability of PV genomes in these species are rather scarce.