High incidence of oncogenic HPV genotypes found in women from Southern Brazil
Oncogenic HPV genotypes are strongly associated with premalignant and malignant cervical lesion. The purpose was to determine human papillomavirus (HPV) prevalence and genotypes, and to estimate cervical cancer risk factor associations. Cervical samples were obtained from 251 women seeking gynecolog...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia
2014-06-01
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Series: | Brazilian Journal of Microbiology |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822014000200043&lng=en&tlng=en |