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Prevalence of human papillomavirus type 16 variants in the Federal District, Central Brazil.
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz - 1 May 2004
Cruz Márcio R, Cerqueira Daniela M, Cruz Waldenor B, Camara Geni N L, Brígido Marcelo M, Silva Evandro O, Carvalho Luciano G S, Martins Cláudia R F
Abstract excerpt
We report the prevalence of human papillomavirus type 16 (HPV-16) variants in women with cervical lesions from the Federal District, Central Brazil. We analyzed 34 HPV-16 samples, identifying the sequence variations of E6 and L1 genes and correlating variant frequency with disease status. The most prevalent HPV-16 variant was the European (50%), followed by Asian-American (41.2%), African-1 (5.9%), and African-2...
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