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Giuseppina Capra1, Lucia Giovannelli, Carmelina Bellavia
1Dipartimento di Igiene e Microbiologia, Università di Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
Abstract:
Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is the commonest sexually transmitted infection, and high-risk HPV types are associated with cervical carcinogenesis. This study investigated: the HPV type-specific prevalence in 970 women with an abnormal cytological diagnosis; and the association of HPV infection and cervical disease in a subset of 626 women with a histological diagnosis. HPV-DNA was researched by nested PCR/sequencing and the INNOLiPA HPV Genotyping assay. The data were analysed by the chi-square test (p
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