Baseline assessment of prevalence and geographical distribution of HPV types in Chile using self-collected vaginal samples

• Main Authors: González Claudia (Author), Viviani Paola (Author), Margozzini Paula (Author), Corvalán Alejandro (Author), Ferreccio Catterina (Author), Aguilera Ximena (Author), Gravitt Patti E (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Chile has broad variations in weather, economics and population from the far desert north (Region 1) to the cold, icy south (Region 12). A home-based self-collected vaginal sampling was nested in the 2003 Chilean population-based hea...