| phylogeographic analysis of human papillomavirus 58. | human papillomavirus 58 (hpv58) is one type of hpv with high risk of causing cervical cancer. unusually high prevalence of hpv58 has been reported in asia, africa and some other areas. however, due to the scattered distribution of global data, in addition to the lack of data of some hpv58 high-incidence nations and regions, like mainland china, a comprehensive analysis of the global geographical distribution of hpv58 remains blank so far. in this study, hpv58 from the human cervical cancer tissu ... | 2009 | 20016974 |
| comparison of the distribution patterns of bk polyomavirus lineages among china, korea and japan: implications for human migrations in northeast asia. | bkv is widespread among humans, infecting children asymptomatically and then persisting in renal tissue. based on the serological or phylogenetic method, bkv isolates worldwide are classified into four subtypes (i-iv), with subtypes i and iv further divided into several genetically-distinct subgroups. since, similarly to jcv, a close relationship exists between bkv lineages and human populations, bkv should be useful as a marker to trace human migrations. to elucidate ancient human migrations in ... | 2009 | 19457167 |