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Prevalence and Distribution of Human Papillomavirus Genotypes (1997-2019) and Their Association With Cervical Cancer and Precursor Lesions in Women From Southern Mexico.
Cancer control : journal of the Moffitt Cancer Center - 1 Jan 2000
Alarcón-Romero Luz Del Carmen, Organista-Nava Jorge, Gómez-Gómez Yazmín, Ortiz-Ortiz Julio, Hernández-Sotelo Daniel, Del Moral-Hernández Oscar, Mendoza-Catalán Miguel Angel, Antaño-Arias Ramón, Leyva-Vázquez Marco Antonio, Sales-Linares Natividad, Antonio-Véjar Verónica, Illades-Aguiar Berenice
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Cervical cancer (CC) is the fourth most common malignancy of the female genital tract. Human Papillomavirus (HPV) is the main cause of precancerous lesions and CC cases worldwide. OBJECTIVE: We assessed the prevalence and distribution of HPV types and their association with precancerous lesions and CC. METHODS: HPV genotypes were detected by 3 methods depending on the year of in which the sample was...
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