| association of human papillomavirus type 58 variant with the risk of cervical cancer. | human papillomavirus (hpv) type 58 has been found to be prevalent among chinese patients with cervical cancer. this study examined the oncogenic risk of hpv58 variants in hong kong, a southern part of china. altogether, 1924 women were studied: 42.8% with a normal cervix, 16.2% with cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (cin) i, 12.7% with cin ii, 20.8% with cin iii, and 7.6% with invasive cervical cancer (icc). the overall prevalence of hpv58 was 11.4% (220) and increased statistically significant ... | 2002 | 12189229 |