Viral Infections USMLE Step 1 Practice Question
A 32 year old woman undergoes colposcopy after a Pap test shows high grade squamous intraepithelial lesion. Biopsy reveals koilocytosis and dysplastic squamous epithelium. She has a persistent infection with a virus whose proteins inactivate both p53 and retinoblastoma protein. Which of the following is the most likely causal organism?
Answer choices
- AHerpes simplex virus 2
- BHuman immunodeficiency virus
- CVaricella zoster virus
- DEpstein Barr virus
- EHuman papillomavirus 16Correct answer
- FHuman papillomavirus 6
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