Common genetic variants and risk for HPV persistence and progression to cervical cancer.

HPV infrequently persists and progresses to cervical cancer. We examined host genetic factors hypothesized to play a role in determining which subset of individuals infected with oncogenic human papillomavirus (HPV) have persistent infection and further develop cervical pre-cancer/cancer compared to...

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Main Authors: Sophia S Wang, Paula Gonzalez, Kai Yu, Carolina Porras, Qizhai Li, Mahboobeh Safaeian, Ana Cecilia Rodriguez, Mark E Sherman, Concepcion Bratti, Mark Schiffman, Sholom Wacholder, Robert D Burk, Rolando Herrero, Stephen J Chanock, Allan Hildesheim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0008667&type=printable
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