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Prevalence of Human Papillomavirus in Women from the State of Michoacan, Mexico, Showed High Frequency of Unusual Virus Genotypes.
Revista de investigacion clinica; organo del Hospital de Enfermedades de la Nutricion - 1 Jan 2000
Jácome-Galarza Irvin, Ito-Nakashimada María Ayumi, Figueroa-Aguilar Gloria, García-Latorre Ethel, Salazar Ma Isabel, López-Orduña Eduardo, Camacho Alejandro D, Valdez-Alarcón Juan José, Hernández José Manuel, León-Avila Gloria
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BACKGROUND: Human papillomaviruses (HPVs), the leading cause of cervical cancer, are distributed worldwide, with high prevalence in developing countries. OBJECTIVE: The objective of the study is to know the prevalence and genotypes of HPV in women from the state of Michoacán and the Women's Hospital in Morelia, Michoacán. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Cervical smear samples (159,288) were subjected to HPV detection by...
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