## Abstract Human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA testing can be used to identify women at risk of the development of cervical cancer. The cost‐effectiveness of HPV screening is dependent on the type‐specific HPV prevalence in the general population. The present study describes the prevalence and spectrum
Difference in overall and age-specific prevalence of high-risk human papillomavirus infection in Italy: evidence from NTCC trial
✍ Scribed by Iacopo Baussano, Silvia Franceschi, Anna Gillio-Tos…
- Book ID
- 120679060
- Publisher
- BioMed Central
- Year
- 2013
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 315 KB
- Volume
- 13
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1471-2334
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