Multiple types of human papillomavirus in cervical samples in women in Campo Grande, MS, Brazil

We analyzed 87 cervical samples from Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, with a PGMY/GP+ nested PCR system. Positive samples were typed using E7 type-specific primer pairs for HPV 6/11, 16, 18, 45 and 66. Eighteen samples (22%) were infected with HPV6/11, 18 samples (22%) with HPV66, 13 samples (15.9%...

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Main Authors: Inês Aparecida Tozetti, Ilzia Doraci Lins Scapulatempo, Vicky Liege Kawski, Antonio Walter Ferreira, José Eduardo Levi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier
Series:Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702006000500001&lng=en&tlng=en