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Determination of Human Papillomavirus Type 18 Lineage of E6: A Population Study from Iran.
BioMed research international - 1 Jan 2022
Sadat Larijani Mona, Omrani Mir Davood, Soleimani Rahim, Bavand Anahita, Nejadeh Amir Houshang, Ezzatizadeh Vahid, Jamshidi Mahboubeh, Ramezani Amitis
Abstract excerpt
The epidemiological studies in Iran on HPV18 nucleotide changes are rare. This type of virus is prevalent in the Iranian population. Therefore, in the present study, we aimed to identify the genetic variability in HPV18 in the E6 region to evaluate the prevalence of lineage distribution and sublineages in a sample population in Iran. Overall, 60 HPV18 confirmed cases were investigated between 2019 and 2021. The...
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