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HPV integration and cervical cancer: a failed evolutionary viral trait
12 Jun 2024
Abstract excerpt
Countless efforts have been made to eradicate cervical cancer worldwide, including improving disease screening and human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination programs. Nevertheless, cervical cancer still claims the lives of more than 300 000 women every year. Persistent infections with high-risk HPV genotypes 16 and 18 are the main cause of cancer and may result in HPV integration into the host genome. The central...
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