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Date of
publication
HPV
prevalence
HSV
CMV
EBV
Country of
prevalence prevalence prevalence the study
Method of
detection
UK
PCR
0%
- Brazil PCR
- Denmark PCR-ISH
5%a
- Taiwan PCR-ISH
-
4.8%b
Japan
PCR-HC II
Brazil
Otlu, et al (25)
Turkey
2009
0%
Tsai, et al (16)
2009
24%
(Types 16, 18)
27.6%
(Types 5, 6, 11,
16, 18, 31, 52, 59)
Hsiao, et al (27)
2010
3%
(Type 18)
10%
PCR
Real-time PCR
-
-
-
-
-
-
- Taiwan PCR-ISH
Taiwan Nested-PCR
Poland
PCR
Virus-DNA negative with ISH; bHPV-DNA negative with Hybrid Capture II.
Figure 3. A proposed multi-step model for pterygium pathogenesis, in which genetic predisposition, viral involvement and environmental factors co-participate
(adapted from ref. 15).
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