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Chlamydia trachomatis infection and human papillomavirus in women with cervical neoplasia in Pernambuco-Brazil.
Molecular biology reports - 1 Feb 2014
Tavares Mayara Costa Mansur, de Macêdo Jamilly Lopes, de Lima Júnior Sérgio Ferreira, de Andrade Heráclio Sandra, Amorim Melânia Maria Ramos, de Mascena Diniz Maia Maria, de Souza Paulo Roberto Eleutério
Abstract excerpt
Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) is the most common bacterial cause of sexually transmitted disease. High-risk human papillomavirus (HR-HPV) is considered the main etiological agent for cervical neoplasia. Evidences showed that the presence of co-infection of CT and HR-HPV plays a central role in the etiology of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) and cervical cancer. The goals of this study were: evaluate the...
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