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SUBMITTER: Freitas LB
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4077691 | biostudies-literature | 2014
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Freitas Luciana Bueno LB Chen Zigui Z Muqui Elaine Freire EF Boldrini Neide Aparecida Tosato NA Miranda Angélica Espinosa AE Spano Liliana Cruz LC Burk Robert D RD
PloS one 20140701 7
HPV16 accounts for 50-70% of cervical cancer cases worldwide. Characterization of HPV16 variants previously indicated that they differ in risks for viral persistence, progression to cervical precancer and malignant cancer. The aim of this study was to examine the association of severity of disease with HPV16 variants identified in specimens (n = 281) obtained from a Cervical Pathology and Colposcopy outpatient clinic in the University Hospital of Espírito Santo State, Southeastern Brazil, from A ...[more]