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Variants of human papillomavirus types 53, 58 and 66 identified in Central Brazil.
Virus genes - 1 Jan 2003
Cerqueira Daniela Marreco, Camara Geni Noceti de Lima, da Cruz Márcio Rojas, Silva Evandro Oliveira, Brígido Marcelo de Macelo, Carvalho Luciano Gonçalves de Souza, Martins Cláudia Renata Fernandes
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The present study on molecular characterization of human papillomaviruses occurring in Central Brazil, describes two variants each of HPV-53 and HPV-58 and one variant of HPV-66 detected in samples from smears of women showing cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade II (CIN II). Samples were assayed by PCR using MY09/ MY11 consensus primers, followed by restriction fragment length polymorphism typing. The five...
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