Human papillomavirus, cervical cancer and women's knowledge
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Human papillomavirus and cervical cancer.
Cervical cancer is caused by human papillomavirus infection. Most human papillomavirus infection is harmless and clears spontaneously but persistent infection with high-risk human papillomavirus (especially type 16) can cause cancer of the cervix, vulva, vagina, anus, penis, and oropharynx. The virus exclusively infects epithelium and produces new viral particles only in fully mature epithelial...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cancer Detection and Prevention
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0361-090X
DOI: 10.1016/j.cdp.2008.02.002