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SUBMITTER: Wentzensen N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2755508 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wentzensen Nicolas N Schiffman Mark M Dunn Terence T Zuna Rosemary E RE Gold Michael A MA Allen Richard A RA Zhang Roy R Sherman Mark E ME Wacholder Sholom S Walker Joan J Wang Sophia S SS
International journal of cancer 20091101 9
Determining the causal attribution of human papillomavirus (HPV) genotypes to cervical disease is important to estimate the effect of HPV vaccination and to establish a type spectrum for HPV-based screening. We analyzed the prevalence of HPV infections and their attribution to cervical disease in a population of 1,670 women referred to colposcopy for abnormal cytology at the University of Oklahoma. HPV genotyping was performed from cytology specimens using the Linear Array assay that detects 37 ...[more]