HPV type 16 and 18
A study on high-risk Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) types 16 & 18 infections among the women of the Barak Valley in Northeast India
By: PRITAM DAS, GULRUKH BEGUM, SUNIL THAKUR, PULAKES PURKAIT, DIPNEET KAUR – Despite India has a high incidence of cervical cancer, there aren’t enough large-scale population-based investigations on the prevalence and genotype distribution of the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV). Out of the several high-risk types, HPV-16 and HPV-18 are primarily responsible for the bulk of…