Harald zur Hausen

A papillomavirus DNA from a cervical carcinoma and its prevalence in cancer biopsy samples from different geographic regions.

Matthias Dürst, Lutz Gissmann, Hans Ikenberg et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1983 · 2K citations · Full text

Medicine, Molecular Biology, Pathology +15

Classification of papillomaviruses (PVs) based on 189 PV types and proposal of taxonomic amendments

Hans-Ulrich Bernard, Robert D. Burk, Zigui Chen et al. · Virology · 2010 · 1.7K citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biology, Infectious Diseases +17

Structure and transcription of human papillomavirus sequences in cervical carcinoma cells

Elisabeth Schwarz, U.K. Freese, Lutz Gissmann et al. · Nature · 1985 · 1.5K citations

Medicine, Molecular Biology, Molecular Genetics +13

A new type of papillomavirus DNA, its presence in genital cancer biopsies and in cell lines derived from cervical cancer.

Michael Boshart, Lutz Gissmann, Hans Ikenberg et al. · The EMBO Journal · 1984 · 1.3K citations · Full text

Medicine, Oncology, Pathology +11

Epstein–Barr Virus in Burkitt's Lymphoma and Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma: EBV DNA in Biopsies of Burkitt Tumours and Anaplastic Carcinomas of the Nasopharynx

Harald zur Hausen, Heinrich Schulte‐Holthausen, George J. Klein et al. · Nature · 1970 · 1.3K citations

Medicine, Oncology, Pathology +14