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Prevalence of HPV infection and genotype distribution in women from Africa seeking asylum in Puglia, Italy.
Journal of immigrant and minority health - 1 Feb 2013
Chironna M, Tafuri S, De Robertis A L, Sallustio A, Morea A, Napoli A, Martinelli D, Prato R, Germinario C
Abstract excerpt
HPV type-specific distribution was evaluated in genital samples collected from 151 women from West Africa and Horn of Africa, living in the Asylum Seeker Center in Bari Palese (Italy), undergoing voluntary screening correlated with cytological abnormalities. HPV-DNA was assayed by Linear Array HPV genotyping test. HPV DNA was detected in 39.1 % of the women, 42.5 % of which had multiple infection and 69.5 % had...
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