Prevalence of antibodies against a cyclic peptide mimicking the FG loop of the human papillomavirus type 16 capsid among Tunisian women

Abstract Background In the past decade, cervical cancer has gone from being the second to the fourth most common cancer in women worldwide, but remains the second most common in developing countries. This cancer is most commonly caused by high-risk types of human papillomavirus (HPV), mainly type 16...

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Main Authors: Elham Hassen, Devendra Bansal, Randa Ghdira, Anouar Chaieb, Hedi Khairi, Abdelfattah Zakhama, Sami Remadi, Johan Hoebeke, Ali A. Sultan, Lotfi Chouchane
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-07-01
Series:Journal of Translational Medicine
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12967-020-02450-5