Scientists identify common HPV genotypes in northern India, enco...

Courtesy EurekAlert! - Cancer  Fri, 10/09/2009 - 22:00

(American Association for Cancer Research) Although a wide spectrum of human papillomavirus is seen across the population of India, HPV-16 and HPV-18 are the most common types and a vaccination targeting these types could eliminate 75 percent of the cervical cancers in the region, according to data presented at the American Association for Cancer Research Frontiers in Basic Cancer Research Meeting.

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