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Divergence of HPV16 variants reflects loci undergoing inter-host positive selection, potentially immunologic selection
2017-07-03
Abstract excerpt
Human papillomavirus type 16 (HPV16) is the most carcinogenic HPV, causing >50% of cervical cancers. Its unique oncogenicity is unsolved, e.g., the second most carcinogenic type (HPV18, causing ~16% of cancers) is relatively distantly related to HPV16. Mirabello et al. recently reported on viral genome data from 3,215 HPV positive specimens from women undergoing cervical cancer screening at Kaiser Permanente Nort...
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- 10.7287/peerj.preprints.3070v1
