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Detection of high-risk human papillomavirus types 16 and 18 but not 33 and 52 in external genital warts from Iranian females.
Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP - 1 Jan 2011
Jaberipour Mansooreh, Momtahan Mozhdeh, Najib Fatemehsadat, Amooei Sedigheh, Saidifard Farzaneh, Ghaderi Abbas, Habibagahi Mojtaba
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: External genital warts (EGW) are relatively common sexually transmitted diseases. In the majority of cases, low-risk human papilomaviruses (HPV), such as HPV-6 and HPV-11, are responsible but, high-risk types may also be detected and this has a bearing on vaccines for cervical cancer prevention. In this study the incidence of the high-risk HPV types 16, 18, 33 and 52 in EGWs of females from the...
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