Prevalence of human papillomavirus and Epstein-Barr virus DNA in penile cancer cases from Brazil

Penile cancer is a potentially mutilating disease. Although its occurrence is relatively rare worldwide, penile cancer rates can be high in developing countries. A few studies have been conducted on the involvement of human papillomavirus (HPV) in penile carcinoma, which have found HPV present in 30...

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Main Authors: Larissa Alves Afonso, Natalia Moyses, Gilda Alves, Antônio Augusto Ornellas, Mauro Romero Leal Passos, Ledy do Horto dos Santos Oliveira, Silvia Maria Baeta Cavalcanti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2012-02-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
Subjects:
HPV
EBV
PCR
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762012000100003&lng=en&tlng=en