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Racial/ethnic differences in HPV 16/18 genotypes and integration status among women with a history of cytological abnormalities.
Gynecologic oncology - 1 Feb 2018
Montealegre J R, Peckham-Gregory E C, Marquez-Do D, Dillon L, Guillaud M, Adler-Storthz K, Follen M, Scheurer M E
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: HPV genotype distribution varies by race/ethnicity, but is unclear whether there are racial/ethnic variations in HPV 16/18 integration in the host genome. We describe HPV16/18 infection and integration status in a racially/ethnically diverse sample of women with a recent abnormal Pap test. METHODS: Patients (n=640) represent a subset of women participating in a clinical trial. Cervical swabs were...
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