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Molecular epidemiology of the human papillomavirus infection in self-collected samples from young women.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Feb 2014
de Almeida Flávia Gatto, Machado Ana Paula, Fernandes Carlos Eurico Dos Santos, Ferreira Alda Teixeira, Padovani Cacilda Tezelli Junqueira, Tozetti Inês Aparecida
Abstract excerpt
The prevalence of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is the highest in young, sexually active women less than 35 years of age. Direct diagnosis of infection by enabling genotyping methods is important considering that the viral types are divided into high (HR-HPV) and low (LR-HPV) oncogenic risk. This study aimed to evaluate the epidemiological and molecular characteristics of HPV infection in self-collected...
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