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A transmissible tumor-like condition in rabbits.

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J. exp. Med. 56, 793-802. 1932 CE.

Shope papilloma virus (SPV), a benign infectious tumor due to a virus. This was the first mammalian tumor virus discovered. Full text from PubMedCentral at this link.

See also Shope, "Infectious Papillomatosis of Rabbits with a note on the histopathology"The Journal of Experimental Medicine, 58 (1933) 607–624, the full text of which is also available from PubMedCentral.

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