The Epidemiology of Human Papillomavirus Infection and Cervical Cancer

Cervical cancer has been recognized as a rare outcome of a common Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI). The etiologic association is restricted to a limited number of viral types of the family of the Human Papillomaviruses (HPVs). The association is causal in nature and under optimal testing systems...

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Main Authors: F. Xavier Bosch, Silvia de Sanjosé
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2007-01-01
Series:Disease Markers
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2007/914823