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Vaccine-related HPV genotypes in women with and without cervical cancer in Mozambique: burden and potential for prevention.
International journal of cancer - 15 Apr 2008
Castellsagué Xavier, Klaustermeier Joellen, Carrilho Carla, Albero Ginesa, Sacarlal Jahit, Quint Wim, Kleter Bernhard, Lloveras Belen, Ismail Mamudo Rafik, de Sanjosé Silvia, Bosch F Xavier, Alonso Pedro, Menéndez Clara
Abstract excerpt
Knowledge about the burden of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) infections in Sub-Saharan Africa is very limited. We collected cervical samples from 262 women from the general population and 241 tumor samples from women with invasive cervical cancer in Mozambique and tested them for HPV genotyping by the SPF(10)-LiPA(25) PCR system. Among the 195 women without cervical abnormalities by cytology HPV prevalence was 75.9%....
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