Article
Characterization of human papillomavirus infection in north Taiwan.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Aug 2010
Wang Chin-Hung, Garvilles Ronald Garingalao, Chen Chung-Yung
Abstract excerpt
The detection of human papillomavirus (HPV) is very important for the evaluation of preventative strategies for cervical cancer. The major objective of this study was to characterize the prevalence of different genotypes of HPV in north Taiwan to contribute to the epidemiological knowledge of HPV...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- DNA, Viral
- Female
- Genotype
- Humans
- Microarray Analysis
- Middle Aged
- Molecular Epidemiology
- Nucleic Acid Hybridization
- Papanicolaou Test
- Papillomaviridae
- Papillomavirus Infections
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Prevalence
- Taiwan
