Infection susceptibility variants were identified for HSV2 in 17p13.2 (rs2116443: OR = 1.28, P = 4.5 × 10−8; ITGAE); HPV16 E6 and E7 oncoproteins in 6p21.32 (rs601148: OR = 0.60, P = 3.3 × 10−9; HLA-DRB1) and 19q12 (rs144341759: OR = 0.383, P = 4.0 × 10− 8; CTC-448F2.6); and HPV18 in 14q24.3 (rs4243652: OR = 3.13, P = 7.0 × 10−10). The gene discussed is HLA-DRB1; the disease is infection.