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Prevalence of human papillomavirus types in cervical lesions from women in rural Western India.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Jul 2012
Deodhar Kedar, Gheit Tarik, Vaccarella Salvatore, Romao Christine Carreira, Tenet Vanessa, Nene Bhagwan M, Jayant Kasturi, Kelkar Rohini, Malvi Sylla G, Sylla Bakary S, Franceschi Silvia, Jeronimo Jose, Shastri Surendra, Sankaranarayanan Rengaswamy, Tommasino Massimo
Abstract excerpt
Cervical cancer is the most common cancer among women in many areas of India which contributes for a fifth of the global burden of disease. Persistent infection with one of the high-risk human papillomaviruses (HPV) has been established as the cause for cervical cancer and the documentation of the prevalence of HPV types in cervical cancer in different regions of India is useful for a prevention program combining...
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