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Distribution of human papillomavirus type 58 variants in progression of cervical dysplasia in Korean women.
Journal of microbiology and biotechnology - 1 Sept 2009
Bae Jeong-Hoon, Cheung Jo L K, Lee Sung-Jong, Luk Alfred C S, Tong Seo-Yun, Chan Paul K S, Park Jong-Sup
Abstract excerpt
This cross-sectional study examined the distribution of HPV 58 sequence variation in Korean women for the first time. Among 1,750 Korean women, 53 women were positive for HPV 58 single infection, of whom 26 were without disease, 20 were with cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) 1, and 7 with CIN 2 or 3. Altogether, 36 different nucleotide sequence variations were identified with the L1, 20 within E2, 5 within...
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