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Type- and age-specific distribution of human papillomavirus in women attending cervical cancer screening in Finland.
British journal of cancer - 26 Nov 2013
Leinonen M K, Anttila A, Malila N, Dillner J, Forslund O, Nieminen P
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Large-scale data on type-specific HPV prevalences and disease burden are needed to monitor the impact of HPV vaccination and to plan for HPV-based cervical screening. METHODS: 33 043 women (aged 25-65) were screened for HPV by a Hybrid Capture 2 (HC2) in a population-based programme. HPV-positive women (n=2574) were triaged by cytology and HPV genotyped using PCR-Luminex. Type-specific prevalence of...
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