Normal cytology

Human papillomavirus infection in Brazilian women with normal cervical cytology

P. M. Miranda, Pitol, B. C. V., Moran, M. S., Silva, N. N. T., Felix, P. M., Lima-Filho, J. L., Carneiro, C. M., Silva, I. D. C. G., Carvalho, R. F., Lima, A. A., Beçak, W., and Stocco, R. C., Human papillomavirus infection in Brazilian women with normal cervical cytology, vol. 11, pp. 1752-1761, 2012.

We examined the prevalence of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection in a sample of Brazilian women presenting normal cervical cytology. Possible interactions between patient characteristics and HPV infection were analyzed in order to provide background data to improve cervical cancer screening and prophylaxis. Cervical samples of 399 women, received for routine evaluation in the Health Department of Ouro Preto, MG, Brazil, were subjected to HPV-DNA testing by PCR with MY09/11 primers. HPV-positive specimens were typed by RFLP.

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