Human papillomavirus subtypes are not uncommon.
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Summary, in English
While both variants and types of human papillomavirus (HPV) are common, subtypes (2-10% sequence divergence in the L1 gene) have been considered to be rare. We searched GenBank and in-house databases using a 440 nt L1 fragment and identified 7, 30 and 10 subtypes/putative subtypes in the HPV genera Alpha, Beta and Gamma, respectively. The number of types/putative types in each genus was 54, 58 and 103. Thus, there appears to exist at least 47 different subtypes/putative subtypes of HPV and they seem to be particularly common in the genus Betapapillomavirus.
Department/s
Publishing year
2007
Language
English
Pages
6-9
Publication/Series
Virology
Volume
362
Issue
1
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Document type
Journal article
Publisher
Elsevier
Topic
- Microbiology in the medical area
Status
Published
Research group
- Clinical Microbiology, Malmö
- Epidemiology
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 1096-0341