Result: Five variants were found only among the non-malignant specimens namely,
E7 (
C790T:
R77C),
E2 (
C3236G:
H161D),
E2/
E4 (
A3605G:284D),
LCR (
A7550G) and NCR-2 (
T4222C), portraying significant p-values after multiple testing correction.
Discussion: Further, irrespective of the HPV16 lineages, our study also reflected the lack of genomic variations within the
E7 gene among the
CaCx cases, as opposed to a single variation (
C790T) among the control