Article
Genomic diversity of human papillomavirus genotype 53 in an ethnogeographically closed cohort of white European women.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Apr 2007
Kocjan Bostjan J, Seme Katja, Mocilnik Tina, Jancar Nina, Vrtacnik-Bokal Eda, Poljak Mario
Abstract excerpt
Human papillomavirus (HPV) genotype 53 is classified taxonomically in alpha HPV genus-species 6, together with HPV-30, HPV-56, and HPV-66 and is considered to be one of three "probable high-risk" HPV genotypes. Recent worldwide comparison of 44 isolates of HPV-53 showed the existence of nine long control region (LCR) genomic variants, which formed a phylogenetic tree with two deep dichotomic branches. In order to...
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