Lineage and sublineage analysis of human papillomavirus type 58 in iranian women.

Background: Variant analysis of distinct HPV types is important from different aspects including epidemiology, pathogenicity, and evolution.

Methods: For this reason, the full sequence of the E6 and E7 genes of HPV 58 was examined in 130 HPV 58-infected cervical samples using PCR and sequencing.

Results: Our results revealed that three lineages A, B, and D were found in this study; among which the B lineage was more common (91.