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| Carvalho,M.O.O; Carestiato,F.N; Perdigão,P.H; Xavier,M.P.P.T; Silva,KC; Botelho,M.O; Oliveira,L.H.S.; Cavalcanti,S.M.B.. |
| There is considerable data to support a central role for human papillomavirus (HPV) in the etiology of cervical cancer. More than a 100 HPV types have been described, and 40 have been isolated from benign and malignant genital lesions. Consequently, there is strong motivation to evaluate HPV testing for cervical cancer screening. Few studies concerning the natural history of HPV infection have been conducted in the state of Rio de Janeiro. We determined the prevalence of HPV types in female genital lesions by using Hybrid Capture Assay (HCA) and we retrospectively analyzed the course of HPV infection. Our sample included 788 women attended at Laboratórios Sérgio Franco. The average age of the participants was 29.6 years. HPV prevalence and cytological... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: HPV; Cervical cancer; Rio de Janeiro; Brazil. |
| Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702005000500007 |
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