HPV may lurk in your throat

(University of Rochester Medical Center) URMC researchers found human papilloma virus (HPV), the culprit behind cervical and head and neck cancers, hiding in small pockets on the surface of tonsils. They believe HPV may evade the immune system in this hiding place, allowing the virus to lay in wait for an opportunity to reinstate an infection or invade the tonsil tissue to develop cancer.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news