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Detection and genotyping of human papillomavirus in cervical samples from Italian patients.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Apr 2005
De Francesco M A, Gargiulo F, Schreiber C, Ciravolo G, Salinaro F, Manca N
Abstract excerpt
Human papillomaviruses (HPVs) are etiological agents of cervical cancer. In order to assess the epidemiological incidence and frequency of different HPV types, we applied a polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-direct sequencing approach based on the use of MY09/MY11 primers as compared to Hybrid Capture assay. Cervical samples were taken from 1,500 women, both with normal and abnormal cytological smears, and we found...
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