Human papillomavirus subtypes are not uncommon.

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.

• Författare: Kristina Hazard; Kristin Andersson; Joakim Dillner; Ola Forslund
• Avdelning/ar: Klinisk mikrobiologi, Malmö; Epidemiologi
• Publiceringsår: 2007
• Språk: Engelska
• Sidor: 6-9
• Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie: Virology
• Volym: 362
• Issue: 1
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• Länkar: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=17395235&dopt=Abstract; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.virol.2007.03.004
• Dokumenttyp: Artikel i tidskrift
• Förlag: Elsevier
• Ämne: Microbiology in the medical area
• Status: Published
• Forskningsgrupp: Clinical Microbiology, Malmö; Epidemiology
• ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt: ISSN: 1096-0341