Prevalence of oral and oropharyngeal human papillomavirus infection in Brazilian population studies: a systematic review

ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION: Human papillomavirus has been associated with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. However, there is no conclusive evidence on the prevalence of oral or pharyngeal infection by human papillomavirus in the Brazilian population. OBJECTIVE: To determine the rate of human pap...

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Main Authors: Leandro Luongo de Matos, Giuliana Angelucci Miranda, Claudio Roberto Cernea
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-10-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1808-86942015000500554&lng=en&tlng=en