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Human papillomavirus genotypes in asymptomatic young women from public schools in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical - 1 Jan 2000
Oliveira Ledy Horto Santos, Ferreira Maria Diva Paes Lima, Augusto Everton Faccini, Melgaço Fabiana Gil, Santos Larissa Silva, Cavalcanti Silvia Maria Baeta, Rosa Maria Luiza Garcia
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INTRODUCTION: The aim of this work was to survey HPV information from a random population of young women from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. METHODS: This cross-sectional study included cervical samples from 241 female students. To determine human papillomavirus status, polymerase chain reaction amplification was performed. HPV typing was determined by restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis. Demographic data,...
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