High Whole-Genome Sequence Diversity of Human Papillomavirus Type 18 Isolates
Background: The most commonly found human papillomavirus (HPV) types in cervical cancer are HPV16 and HPV18.Genome variants of these types have been associated with differential carcinogenic potential.To date, only a handful of studies have described HPV18 whole genome sequencing results.Here we describe HPV18 variant diversity and conservation of