Frequency and types of human papillomavirus among pregnant and non-pregnant women with human immunodeficiency virus infection in Recife determined by genotyping

Women with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection present a higher risk of infection by the human papillomavirus (HPV) and cervical cancer. To determine HPV genotypes and frequencies among HIV-positive women, an analytical cross-sectional study was carried out on 147 women (51 were pregnant an...

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Main Authors: Vírginia da Conceição Ribes Amorim Bezerra Brandão, Heloisa Ramos Lacerda, Norma Lucena-Silva, Ricardo Arraes de Alencar Ximenes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 2009-08-01
Series:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762009000500016