Prevalence of human papilloma virus in Oman: Genotypes 82 and 68 are dominating

Background: Persistent infection with high-risk (HR) HPV genotypes has been associated with cervical cancer, the third cancer affecting women in Oman with a crude incidence rate of 4.7 and mortality rate of 2.5 respectively. Other types of lower-risk (LR) HPV are associated with warts in both gender...

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Main Authors: Zainab Al-Lawati, Faryal A. Khamis, Aisha Al-Hamdani, Moza Al-Kalbani, Fatma Ali Ramadhan, Thuria Rashid Al-Rawahi, Muhannad F. Al-Kobaisi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-04-01
Series:International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971220300023