Taylor and Francis Group, Annals of Human Biology, 3(43), p. 261-268, 2015
DOI: 10.3109/03014460.2014.1001436
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The Human Papillomavirus (HPV) predisposes 500 000 women to cervical cancer. Host genetic background may facilitate virus persistence in the uterine cervix. Polymorphisms in regulatory and coding regions of cytokine genes have been associated with susceptibility to some human diseases.