High prevalence of human papillomavirus DNA detected in cervical swabs from women in Southern Selangor, Malaysia.

• Main Authors: Chong, Pei Pei, N., Asyikin, M., Rusinahayati, S., Halimatun, Rosli, Rozita, Ng, C. K., W. H., Wan Hamilton, Tan, Boon Chong, Nordin, Noraihan, Aziz, Rohani, Hassan, Faezah, Abd Latiff, Latiffah, Abdullah, Maha, Abdul Rahman, Sabariah
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Asian Pacific Organization for Cancer Prevention 2010
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/17708/1/High%20prevalence%20of%20human%20papillomavirus%20DNA%20detected%20in%20cervical%20swabs%20from%20women%20in%20Southern%20Selangor.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/17708/

Persistent high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is known to play an important role in the genesis of cervical cancer. Since new screening and prevention strategies, namely improved HPV testing and HPV vaccination have been aggressively promoted recently, it is crucial to investigate the HP...