Cervical Cytopathology in a Population of HIV-Positive and HIV-Negative Women

The association between abnormal cervical cytology and HIV infection status in women was evaluated to correlate with CD4 cell count and viral load in HIV-positive patients with the presence of low-grade (LSIL) and high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (HSIL). Cervical samples were collected at...

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Main Authors: Patrícia Abreu Pinheiro de Lemos, Marco Túlio Antonio García-Zapata, Suelene Brito do Nascimento Tavares
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2012-01-01
Series:Journal of Tropical Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/869758