Long-term follow-up of HPV16-positive women: persistence of the same genetic variant and low prevalence of variant co-infections.

Long-term follow-up of HPV16-positive women: persistence of the same genetic variant and low prevalence of variant co-infections.

HPV16 variants correlate with geographic origin and ethnicity. The association between infection with a specific variant and the cervical disease risk remains unclear. We studied the prevalence, persistence and association with cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) of different HPV16 variants, us...

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Main Authors: Daan T Geraets, Leen-Jan van Doorn, Bernhard Kleter, Brigitte Colau, Diane M Harper, Wim G V Quint
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3823622?pdf=render

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