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Prevalence of human papillomavirus in the oral cavity of an indigenous community from Southwest México.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Sept 2020
de la Garza-Ramos Myriam Angélica, Urrutia-Baca Victor Hugo, Urbina-Rios Cynthia Sofia, García-Robayo Dabeiba Adriana, Tamez-Guerra Patricia, Gomez-Flores Ricardo
Abstract excerpt
Human papilloma virus (HPV) is a DNA virus associated with the development of cervical, penile, anal, vulvar, and oral cancers. In recent years, there has been an increase in oral cancer, which could be due to changes in sexual behavior in the general population. In México, there is scarce information on this regard, which prompted us to study HPV infection prevalence in the oral cavity of an indigenous community...
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