A high prevalence of human papillomavirus 16 and 18 co-infections in cervical biopsies from southern Brazil

A high prevalence of human papillomavirus 16 and 18 co-infections in cervical biopsies from southern Brazil

ABSTRACT HPV types 16 and 18 were studied in paraffin-fixed cervical biopsy collected in southern Brazil. HPV 16, HPV 18 and co-infection HPV 16/18 were identified in 10/57 (17.5%), 4/57 (7%) and in 43/57 (75.4%) samples, respectively. Southern Brazil has one of the highest prevalence rates of HPV 1...

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Main Authors: Sheile Pinheiro de Jesus, Ana Carla Marques da Costa, Regina Bones Barcellos, Rubia Marília de Medeiros, Cláudia Maria Dornelles da Silva, Maria Lucia Rossetti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia
Series:Brazilian Journal of Microbiology
Subjects:
HPV 16
HPV 18
Cervical biopsy
Southern Brazil
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822018000500220&lng=en&tlng=en

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