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Genotyping of human papillomavirus in paraffin embedded cervical tissue samples from women in Ethiopia and the Sudan.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Feb 2013
Abate Ebba, Aseffa Abraham, El-Tayeb Muntasir, El-Hassan Ibrahim, Yamuah Lawrence, Mihret Wude, Bekele Liku, Ashenafi Senait, El-Dawi Nadia, Belayneh Meseret, El-Hassan Ahmed, Engers Howard
Abstract excerpt
Cervical cancer is the most frequent female malignancy in most developing countries. Previous studies have demonstrated a strong association of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection with dysplasia and carcinoma of the uterine cervix. The objective of this study was to identify the prevailing HPV genotypes responsible for the development of cervical cancer among women in Ethiopia and the Sudan. A molecular...
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