Associations between high-risk human papillomavirus genotypes: evidence of HPV16 predominance as a monoinfection and its no stronger link with high-grade lesions
Julia González Cantó, María Amparo Burgos-Isern, Antonio Burgos-Teruel · 2026
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Julia González Cantó, María Amparo Burgos-Isern, and Antonio Burgos-Teruel present a 2026 study of how high-risk types of human papillomavirus occur together in women. These virus types are the main cause of cervical cancer. Mixed infections are common, but whether certain types actively seek each other out was unclear.
The team reviewed cervical test and virus typing results for 1,140 women aged 25 to 65. Most pairings of types occurred at rates expected by chance, suggesting no special partnerships. One type, HPV16, stood out: it appeared alone more often than chance would predict. Its link with high-grade cell changes was then compared between single and mixed infections.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Julia González Cantó, María Amparo Burgos-Isern, Antonio Burgos-Teruel |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 14329 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |