Cynthia Bell

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INTRODUCTION Viral plaques (also referred to as pigmented plaques) are uncommon skin lesions of dogs that are caused by a number of closely related Canis familiaris papillomavirus (CPV) types.1 Plaques are thought to develop owing to an underlying inability to prevent viral replication, and the disease in dogs has some similarities to the human condition epidermodysplasia verruciformis.2 A role of the immune system is supported by rare reports of plaques developing secondary to...