Table 1 Search strategy.

From: Protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis of the prevalence of viral infections in acute apical abscesses

Database

Search strategy

PubMed

(“abscess”[MeSH Terms] OR “abscess”[All Fields] OR “abscesses”[All Fields] OR “abscessation”[All Fields] OR “abscessed”[All Fields] OR “abscessing”[All Fields]) AND “hpv”[All Fields]

Google Academic

“abscess” AND “apical” AND “HPV”

Cochrane library

HPV abscess

Elsevier

(abscess) AND (HPV)