Elevated prevalence of high-risk HPV in healthy oral mucosa of users and nonusers of drugs in Northeastern Brazil

• Main Authors: Mariana Goveia Melo Ribeiro (Author), Larissa Doddi Marcolino (Author), Bruna Ribeiro de Andrade Ramos (Author), Cleverson Luciano Trento (Author), Karina Conceição Gomes Machado de Araujo (Author), José Rodrigo Santos Silva (Author), Sona Jain (Author), Ricardo Queiroz Gurgel (Author), Márcia Guimarães Silva (Author), Silvio Santana Dolabella (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Pesquisa Odontológica, 2019-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract: Variable rates of HPV infection have been reported in healthy oral mucosa worldwide. The main objective of this study was to detect and genotype HPV infection in users and nonusers of drugs with clinically healthy mucosa from the Northeast Brazil. Samples from 105 patients were amplified u...