A prospective cohort study to evaluate immunosuppressive cytokines as predictors of viral persistence and progression to pre-malignant lesion in the cervix in women infected with HR-HPV: study protocol

Abstract Background Cervical cancer (CC) is caused by a persistent infection of high-risk human papillomavirus (HR-HPV). While most HPV infections are transient, persistent HPV infections are a significant health problem in Mexico. With an estimated HPV prevalence of 10% among women in reproductive...

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Main Authors: K. Torres-Poveda, M. Bahena-Román, K. Delgado-Romero, V. Madrid-Marina
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-11-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
HPV
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12879-018-3490-1