HLA Class II alleles and association with HPV Infection prevalence in high-risk HPV-positive Han women in southern China
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- Article
- Authors
- Zheng, Zhongzheng; He, Qingqing; An, Lin; Li, Daiyang; Wang, Ningjuan; Wang, Liping; Sun, Qin; Wang, Jian; Xiao, Peili; Du, Keming; Li, Boan
- Source
- Medecine et Maladies Infectieuses; 20240101, Issue: Preprints
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- ISSN
- 0399077X; 17696690
•We first determined the distribution of high-risk HPV subtypes in women from Maoming City and revealed several susceptibility alleles and a possible protective factor for HPV infection.•Unlike the European population, −DQB1*0402 may protect rather than render Maoming women susceptible to HPV infection.