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The uganda study on HPV variants and genital cancers.
Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology - 1 Oct 2000
Buonaguro F M, Tornesello M L, Salatiello I, Okong P, Buonaguro L, Beth-Giraldo E, Biryahwaho B, Sempala S D, Giraldo G
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Genital cancers in Uganda have been the most frequently diagnosed cancer in men as well as in women since the 1950s. Genetic studies have detected HPV-16 variants of Af1 class and identified a new sub-class designated Af1-u. OBJECTIVES: The main goal of this study is to analyze the prevalence of HPV strains and HPV variants in anogenital lesions of Ugandan male and female subjects in order to possibly...
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