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SUBMITTER: Rudolph SE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5008001 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Rudolph Samantha E SE Lorincz Attila A Wheeler Cosette M CM Gravitt Patti P Lazcano-Ponce Eduardo E Torres-Ibarra Leticia L León-Maldonado Leith L Ramírez Paula P Rivera Berenice B Hernández Rubí R Franco Eduardo L EL Cuzick Jack J Méndez-Hernández Pablo P Salmerón Jorge J
BMC infectious diseases 20160901
<h4>Background</h4>Cervical cancer remains an important cause of cancer mortality for Mexican women. HPV 16/18 typing may help to improve cervical cancer screening. Here we present the prevalence of high-risk human papillomavirus (hrHPV) including HPV16 and HPV18 from the FRIDA (Forwarding Research for Improved Detection and Access) population.<h4>Methods</h4>Beginning in 2013, we recruited 30,829 women aged 30-64 in Tlaxcala, Mexico. Cervical samples were collected and tested for 14 hrHPV genot ...[more]