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High prevalence of high-risk HPV genotypes other than 16 and 18 in cervical cancers of Curaçao: implications for choice of prophylactic HPV vaccine.
Sexually transmitted infections - 1 Jun 2018
Hooi Desiree J, Lissenberg-Witte Birgit I, de Koning Maurits N C, Pinedo Herbert M, Kenter Gemma G, Meijer Chris Jlm, Quint Wim G
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BACKGROUND: Curaçao is a Dutch-Caribbean Island located in a high-risk area for cervical cancer.Prior to introduction of a prophylactic human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, knowledge of the prevalence of high-risk HPV vaccine genotypes (HPV16, 18, 31, 33, 45, 52 and 58) in cervical (pre)cancer is required. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the prevalence of HPV genotypes in invasive cervical cancers (ICC) and cervical...
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