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Abstract

This study was conducted to determine the prevalence and distribution of genotypes in Taiwan. Urine and endocervical-swab samples were collected from two hospitals located in northern and southern Taiwan. The genotypes of a total of 145 samples positive for were analysed by sequencing the gene and this was successful in 102 samples. Nine different genotypes were identified. Genotype E was the most prevalent (22 %), followed by D and Da (19 %), F (16 %), J (15 %), K (11 %), G (11 %), H (6 %) and Ba (2 %). There was a geographical difference in the prevalence of genotype H (<0·018) between northern and southern Taiwan. Sequence mutation analysis by searching against GenBank reference sequences identified 12 genetic variants from a total of 102 gene sequences.

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