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Table 1 Nomenclature

From: Exploring the dynamics and interplay of human papillomavirus and cervical tumorigenesis by integrating biological data into a mathematical model

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Description

All infections

It includes all subjects with HPV infections containing a specified HR-HPV genotype

Single infection

It refers to such infection with one HR-HPV genotype alone

Multiple infections

It refers to the difference between all infections and single infection for a HR-HPV type, i.e., HPV infected with two or more HR-HPV genotypes

All_Infection_Set

The dataset for all infections numbers of the 13 HR-HPV types in the four precancerous stages (see Additional file 1)

Single_Infection_Set

The dataset for single infection numbers of the 13 HR-HPV types in the four precancerous stages (see Additional file 1)

Multiple_Infection_Set

The dataset for multiple infections numbers of the 13 HR-HPV types in the four precancerous stages (see Additional file 1)