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Identification of HPV variants.
Methods in molecular medicine - 1 Jan 2005
Cason John, Bible Jon, Mant Christine
Abstract excerpt
The vast majority of anogenital carcinomas are caused by high-risk human papillomaviruses (HPVs), and among Western nations HPV-16 is usually the most predominant cancer-associated type. As a DNA virus, HPV type 16 has a relatively stable genome that is believed to have co-evolved with its host over the millennia. Nevertheless, among the "wild" populations of HPV-16 that are circulating, a large number of...
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