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Increased risk of cervical disease among human immunodeficiency virus-infected women with severe immunosuppression and high human papillomavirus load(1).
Obstetrics and gynecology - 1 Sept 2000
Heard I, Tassie J M, Schmitz V, Mandelbrot L, Kazatchkine M D, Orth G
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To investigate human papillomavirus (HPV) genotypes, HPV DNA load, and behavioral and sociodemographic factors in a series of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-seropositive women, and to correlate HPV infection with cervical disease according to immune status. METHODS: Three hundred seven HIV-seropositive women were tested for the presence of HPV DNA by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and Southern...
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