Article
Prevalence and genotyping of high risk human papillomavirus in cervical cancer samples from Punjab, Pakistan.
Viruses - 17 Jul 2014
Siddiqa Abida, Zainab Maidah, Qadri Ishtiaq, Bhatti Muhammad Faraz, Parish Joanna L
Abstract excerpt
Cervical cancer is the third most common cause of cancer-related death in women worldwide. Infection with high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) is established as the cause of cervical carcinoma, therefore, high risk HPV detection may have prognostic significance for the women who are at increased risk of disease progression. The paucity of data on the incidence of cervical cancer in Pakistan makes it difficult to...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Cervix Uteri
- Coinfection
- Female
- Genotype
- HeLa Cells
- Human papillomavirus 16
- Human papillomavirus 18
- Humans
- Incidence
