Re: Human papillomavirus type 16 and 18 variants: Race-Related distribution and persistence [1]

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 99, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 653-654

  Sichero, Laura ^a,b   Trottier, Helen ^c   Ferreira, Silvaneide ^a   Duarte Franco, Eliane ^d   Franco, Eduardo L ^c   Villa, Luisa Lina ^a  

^a LUDWIG INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c Division of Cancer Epidemiology

^d Department of Family Medicine ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; HUMAN; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS TYPE 16; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS TYPE 18; LETTER; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; NEGRO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSISTENT VIRUS INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ETHNOLOGY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NOTE; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS 18; HUMANS; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 34247572856     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: 14602105     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djk136     Document Type: Letter

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