Variant Genomes

The Variant Genome Table contains genome sequences belonging to variants in eight alpha-papillomaviruses species groups. It is adapted from "Human papillomavirus genome variants" by Burk, Harari and Chen (2013) Virology 445: 232–243. Additional variant genome sequences can be found using the NCBI Variant Search.

1Burk RD, Chen Z, Harari A, Smith BC, Kocjan BJ, Maver PJ, Poljak M. Classification and nomenclature system for human Alphapapillomavirus variants: general features, nucleotide landmarks and assignment of HPV6 and HPV11 isolates to variant lineages. Acta Dermatovenerol Alp Pannonica Adriat. 2011;20(3):113-23. Epub 2011/12/02. PubMed PMID: 22131111; PMCID: PMC3690374.

2Chen Z, Schiffman M, Herrero R, Desalle R, Anastos K, Segondy M, Sahasrabuddhe VV, Gravitt PE, Hsing AW, Burk RD. Evolution and taxonomic classification of human papillomavirus 16 (HPV16)-related variant genomes: HPV31, HPV33, HPV35, HPV52, HPV58 and HPV67. PLoS One. 2011;6(5):e20183. Epub 2011/06/16. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0020183. PubMed PMID: 21673791; PMCID: PMC3103539.

3Burk RD, Harari A, Chen Z. Human papillomavirus genome variants. Virology. 2013;445(1-2):232-43. Epub 2013/09/04. doi: 10.1016/j.virol.2013.07.018. PubMed PMID: 23998342; PMCID: PMC3979972.

4Chen Z, Schiffman M, Herrero R, DeSalle R, Anastos K, Segondy M, Sahasrabuddhe VV, Gravitt PE, Hsing AW, Burk RD. Evolution and taxonomic classification of alphapapillomavirus 7 complete genomes: HPV18, HPV39, HPV45, HPV59, HPV68 and HPV70. PLoS One. 2013;8(8):e72565. Epub 2013/08/27. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0072565. PubMed PMID: 23977318; PMCID: PMC3745470.

5Jelen MM, Chen Z, Kocjan BJ, Burt FJ, Chan PK, Chouhy D, Combrinck CE, Coutlee F, Estrade C, Ferenczy A, Fiander A, Franco EL, Garland SM, Giri AA, Gonzalez JV, Groning A, Heidrich K, Hibbitts S, Hosnjak L, Luk TN, Marinic K, Matsukura T, Neumann A, Ostrbenk A, Picconi MA, Richardson H, Sagadin M, Sahli R, Seedat RY, Seme K, Severini A, Sinchi JL, Smahelova J, Tabrizi SN, Tachezy R, Tohme S, Uloza V, Vitkauskiene A, Wong YW, Zidovec Lepej S, Burk RD, Poljak M. Global genomic diversity of human papillomavirus 6 based on 724 isolates and 190 complete genome sequences. J Virol. 2014;88(13):7307-16. Epub 2014/04/18. doi: 10.1128/JVI.00621-14. PubMed PMID: 24741079; PMCID: PMC4054425.

6Jelen MM, Chen Z, Kocjan BJ, Hosnjak L, Burt FJ, Chan PKS, Chouhy D, Combrinck CE, Estrade C, Fiander A, Garland SM, Giri AA, Gonzalez JV, Groning A, Hibbitts S, Luk TNM, Marinic K, Matsukura T, Neumann A, Ostrbenk A, Picconi MA, Sagadin M, Sahli R, Seedat RY, Seme K, Severini A, Sinchi JL, Smahelova J, Tabrizi SN, Tachezy R, Tohme Faybush S, Uloza V, Uloziene I, Wong YW, Zidovec Lepej S, Burk RD, Poljak M. Global Genomic Diversity of Human Papillomavirus 11 Based on 433 Isolates and 78 Complete Genome Sequences. J Virol. 2016;90(11):5503-13. Epub 2016/04/01. doi: 10.1128/JVI.03149-15. PubMed PMID: 27030261; PMCID: PMC4934746.

7Chen Z, Ho WCS, Boon SS, Law PTY, Chan MCW, DeSalle R, Burk RD, Chan PKS. Ancient Evolution and Dispersion of Human Papillomavirus 58 Variants. J Virol. 2017;91(21). Epub 2017/08/11. doi: 10.1128/JVI.01285-17. PubMed PMID: 28794033; PMCID: PMC5640864.

8Chen Z, DeSalle R, Schiffman M, Herrero R, Wood CE, Ruiz JC, Clifford GM, Chan PKS, Burk RD. Niche adaptation and viral transmission of human papillomaviruses from archaic hominins to modern humans. PLoS Pathog. 2018;14(11):e1007352. Epub 2018/11/02. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1007352. PubMed PMID: 30383862; PMCID: PMC6211759.

9Chen Z, Schiffman M, Herrero R, DeSalle R, Anastos K, Segondy M, Sahasrabuddhe VV, Gravitt PE, Hsing AW, Chan PKS, Burk RD. Classification and evolution of human papillomavirus genome variants: Alpha-5 (HPV26, 51, 69, 82), Alpha-6 (HPV30, 53, 56, 66), Alpha-11 (HPV34, 73), Alpha-13 (HPV54) and Alpha-3 (HPV61). Virology. 2018;516:86-101. Epub 2018/01/15. doi: 10.1016/j.virol.2018.01.002. PubMed PMID: 29331867; PMCID: PMC6093212.

10Bee KJ, Gradissimo A, Chen Z, Harari A, Schiffman M, Raine-Bennett T, Castle PE, Clarke M, Wentzensen N, Burk RD. Genetic and Epigenetic Variations of HPV52 in Cervical Precancer. Int J Mol Sci. 2021;22(12). Epub 2021/07/03. doi: 10.3390/ijms22126463. PubMed PMID: 34208758; PMCID: PMC8234014.