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Evaluation of type-specific HPV persistence and high-risk HPV viral load quantitation in HPV positive women under 30 with normal cervical cytology.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Apr 2011
Carcopino Xavier, Bolger Noel, Henry Mireille, Mancini Julien, Boubli Léon, Olive Daniel, Cleary Sinead, Prendiville Walter, Tamalet Catherine
Abstract excerpt
The persistence of high-risk HPV (HR-HPV) infection is necessary for the development of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia. The aim of this study was to evaluate if HR-HPV typing and HPV16, 18, 31, and 33 quantitation are predictive for type-specific infection persistence and/or the development of CIN in women under 30 with normal cervical cytology. Young women (under 30) attending a family planning clinic who...
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