| human papillomavirus type-16 variants in quechua aboriginals from argentina. | cervical carcinoma is the leading cause of cancer death in quechua indians from jujuy (northwestern argentina). to determine the prevalence of hpv-16 variants, 106 hpv-16 positive cervical samples were studied, including 33 low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (lsil), 28 high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (hsil), 9 invasive cervical cancer (icc), and 36 samples from women with normal colposcopy and cytology. hpv genome variability was examined in the l1 and e6 genes by pcr-hybridi ... | 2003 | 12601763 |