Prevalence of high-risk human papillomavirus by cobas 4800 HPV test in urban Peru

Background: Molecular tests allow the detection of high-risk human papillomavirus in cervical samples, playing an important role in the prevention of cervical cancer. Objectives: We performed a study to determine the prevalence of HPV 16, HPV 18 and other high-risk human papillomavirus (pool 12 geno...

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Main Authors: Ricardo Iwasaki, Felipe Galvez-Philpott, Javier Arias-Stella, Jr., Javier Arias-Stella
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-09-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1413867014001007