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Is Human Papillomavirus Viral Load a Clinically Useful Predictive Marker? A Longitudinal Study
1 Mar 2010
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BACKGROUND: It has been suggested that in women who test positive for high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) types, viral load can distinguish women who are at increased risk of cervical neoplasia from those who are not. METHODS: Quantitative PCR (qPCR) was used to measure HPV copy number in serial samples taken from 60 and 58 young women previously found to have incident cervical HPV16 or HPV18 infections,...
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