<i>Equus caballus</i> papillomavirus‐2 (EcPV‐2): An infectious cause for equine genital cancer?

Abstract

Identification of a papillomavirus causal for genital carcinomas in horses may lead to development of a vaccine that could be used to prevent this serious disease in horses. This would be analogous to man, where vaccination against oncogenic papillomavirus species is currently being used to help prevent cervical cancer.