Research Article

Prevalence of Human Papillomavirus Variants and Genetic Diversity in the L1 Gene and Long Control Region of HPV16, HPV31, and HPV58 Found in North-East Brazil

Table 1

Primers for HPV16, HPV31, and HPV58 L1 gene and LCR analysis.

HPV typeRegion amplifiedSequence primer 5′-3′Amplicon size

HPV16L15′-ACGGTACCCAGGTGACTTTTATTTACATCC-3′ 1500 pb
5′-TAAGTCGACCAGCTTACGTTTTTTGC-3′
LCR5′-TTCTGCAGACCTAGATCAGTTTC-3′ 1057 pb
5′-GTGCATAACTGTGGTAACTTTCTGG-3′

HPV31L15′-GATTCGAAAAAATGTCTCTGTGGC-3′ 1550 pb
5′-TAAGTCGACCTTTTTAGTTTTTTTACG-3′
LCR5′-TACCTCCAAAGGAAAAGGAAGACCC-3′ 1152 pb
5′-TTGGCACAAATCATGCAATGTTCG-3′

HPV58L15′-AACCTGGTCCAGACATTGCATC-3′ 1574 pb
5′-CCACCAAACGCAAAAAGGTTA-3′
LCR5′-CATGTTCTATGTCCTTGTCAG-3′ 1000 pb
5′-TTGCCAGGTGTGGACTAA-3′