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Identification of episomal human papillomavirus and other DNA viruses in cytological anal samples of HIV-uninfected men who have sex with men.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Donà Maria Gabriella, Paolini Francesca, Benevolo Maria, Vocaturo Amina, Latini Alessandra, Giglio Amalia, Venuti Aldo, Giuliani Massimo
Abstract excerpt
To date, there have been only few studies that investigated integration of anal Human Papillomavirus (HPV). Most of them were conducted on HIV-infected individuals and mainly analyzed samples from high-grade lesions and invasive cancer. We aimed to investigate HPV physical status in HIV-negative men who have sex with men (MSM) with a detectable anal HPV infection, irrespective of the presence of lesions. We also...
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