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Short communication • Braz. J. Microbiol. 49 (suppl 1) • Nov 2018 • https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bjm.2018.04.003   copy

A high prevalence of human papillomavirus 16 and 18 co-infections in cervical biopsies from southern Brazil

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ABSTRACT

HPV types 16 and 18 were studied in paraffin-fixed cervical biopsy collected in southern Brazil. HPV 16, HPV 18 and co-infection HPV 16/18 were identified in 10/57 (17.5%), 4/57 (7%) and in 43/57 (75.4%) samples, respectively. Southern Brazil has one of the highest prevalence rates of HPV 16/18 reported.

Keywords
HPV 16; HPV 18; Cervical biopsy; Southern Brazil

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