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Prevalence of Transcriptionally Active HPV16 and HPV18 infection in Anogenital Warts: A Study in Sikkim, India.
Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP - 1 Feb 2026
Lal Sunaina, Sharma Rukma Lal, Pradhan Anup, Sherpa Mingma Lhamu
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BACKGROUND: Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the most prevalent sexually transmitted infection globally and is causally related to anogenital and oral cancers, with 311,000 associated deaths recorded in men and women every year. The presence of oncogenic HPV genotypes in anogenital warts is reported by few studies, while many groups have reported an associated higher risk of anogenital and other cancers in patients...
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