Sequence variation analysis of HPV-18 isolates in southwest China.

Intratypic variations of HPV-18 are known to differ in the persistence of the infection, frequency of carcinogenesis and the progression of precursor lesions to advanced cervical cancer. This study was designed to analyze sequence variations of HPV-18 isolates in order to discover novel HPV-18 varia...

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Main Authors: Mengjie Shen, Xianping Ding, Tianjun Li, Gangyi Chen, Xiao Zhou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3581518?pdf=render