Prevalence of human papillomavirus in archival samples obtained from patients with cervical pre-malignant and malignant lesions from Northeast Brazil

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Human Papillomavirus (HPV) is considered as a necessary, but not sufficient, cause of cervical cancer. In this study, we aimed to assess the prevalence of HPV in a series of pre-malignant and malignant cervical lesion cases, to ident...

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Main Authors: Prado José CM, Sobrinho João S, Azevedo Paulo RM, Fernandes Thales AAM, Carvalho Maria GF, Meissner Rosely V, Fernandes José V, Villa Luisa L
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-04-01
Series:BMC Research Notes
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1756-0500/3/96