Deteksi Variasi Genetik Gen E6 Pada Human Papillomavirus Tipe 16

Cervical cancer, caused by high-risk Human Papillomavirus (HPV) infection with 16 and 18 being the most common type, ranks second highest in mortality with 57% fatality rate in Indonesia. The E6 gene in HPV-16 has an oncogenic nature which transforms HPV-16 infections into cervical cancers. By its geographical area, E6 gene mutation generates genetic variation of HPV-16 which significantly corr…