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Prevalence of human papillomavirus types in cervical cancerous and precancerous lesions of Ecuadorian women.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Jan 2016
Mejía Lorena, Muñoz Diana, Trueba Gabriel, Tinoco Leopoldo, Zapata Sonia
Abstract excerpt
Human Papillomavirus (HPV) is the most common sexually transmitted infection worldwide and it is responsible for most cases of uterine cancer. In Ecuador there is limited information about HPV types (and variants) in cancerous lesions; however, identifying the type-specific HPV prevalence in cervical lesions of women living in Ecuador is important to better predict the impact of HPV prophylactic vaccination in...
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