Preventive vaccines for cervical cancer
The potential use of vaccines for the human papillomavirus (HPV) in the prevention and treatment of cervical cancer is a possibility in the near future. Close to 20 genotypes of HPV, of the 75 that have been identified, infect the femine genital tract, but four subtypes (16, 18, 31 and 45) have been...
Main Author: | WHEELER COSETTE M |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública
1997-01-01
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Series: | Salud Pública de México |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-36341997000400006 |
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