Detection of GBV-C/HGV RNA in cervico-vaginal smears from healthy individuals

The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the sexual transmission of GBV-C/HGV, through RNA detection in cervicovaginal smears. Therefore the GBV-C/HGV RNA in cervicovaginal smears from apparently healthy women was investigated using routine proceedings for prophylactic screening to cervical...

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Main Authors: Maria Angelica Ehara Watanabe, Ana Karina Melim Benthien Miquelão, Carlos Eduardo Coral de Oliveira, Karen Brajão de Oliveira, Thiago Franco Nasser, Mateus Nóbrega Aoki, Patrícia Sayuri Suzuki, Marla Karine Amarante, Emerson José Venâncio, Elbens Marcos Minoreli de Azevedo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Tecnologia do Paraná (Tecpar) 2008-10-01
Series:Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132008000500007