Prevalence and molecular epidemiology of human papillomavirus infection in Italian women with cervical cytological abnormalities

• Main Authors: Angelo Meloni (Author), Roberta Pilia (Author), Marcello Campagna (Author), Antonella Usai (Author), Giuseppina Masia (Author), Valeria Caredda (Author), Rosa Cristina Coppola (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2014-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<em>Background</em>. Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is the most common sexually transmitted infection and high-risk HPV types are a necessary cause for the development of cervical cancer. The present study investigated the HPV-type specific prevalence in 650 women, aged 15-76 years...