Human papillomavirus prevalence and type distribution among women attending routine gynecological examinations in Saudi Arabia

BACKGROUND: Cervical cancer (CC) is caused by persistent infection with high-risk (HR) human papillomavirus (HPV) types. In Saudi Arabia which has a population of 6.5 million women over the age of 15 years, approximately 152 new cases of CC are diagnosed and 55 women die from the disease annually. N...

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Autores principales: AlObaid, Abdulaziz, Al-Badawi, Ismail A, Al-Kadri, Hanan, Gopala, Kusuma, Kandeil, Walid, Quint, Wim, Al-Aker, Murad, DeAntonio, Rodrigo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4272558/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25496614
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-014-0643-8

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4272558/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25496614
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-014-0643-8

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