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Giraffe evidence area

Neoplasia & tumours

Tumours and neoplastic disease: fibropapillomas, PVNS, carcinomas, sarcomas.

Emerging corpus coverage
26mapped records
12open-access records
0records with verification flag

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Corpus coverage

1984–2025

46% of mapped records are marked open access. Classification can be imperfect; use the paper-level sources for substantive conclusions.

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Key papers in the map

2007114 citations in source index

Biologic, Antigenic, and Full-Length Genomic Characterization of a Bovine-Like Coronavirus Isolated from a Giraffe

Journal of Virology

Open DOI
201147 citations in source index

Detection and characterisation of papillomavirus in skin lesions of giraffe and sable antelope in South Africa

Journal of the South African Veterinary Association

Open DOI
201138 citations in source index

Pathology and immunohistochemistry of papillomavirus-associated cutaneous lesions in Cape mountain zebra, giraffe, sable antelope and African buffalo in South Africa

Journal of the South African Veterinary Association

Open DOI
201617 citations in source index

Identification of a novel species of papillomavirus in giraffe lesions using nanopore sequencing

Veterinary Microbiology

Open DOI
198414 citations in source index

Giant verrucous carcinoma in a giraffe

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Open DOI

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