2 results match your criteria: "Biomedical Institute of Universidade Federal Fluminense[Affiliation]"
Prevalence of human papillomavirus infection in the genital tract determined by hybrid capture assay.
Braz J Infect Dis
October 2006
Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Biomedical Institute of Universidade Federal Fluminense, RJ, Brazil.
Human Papillomavirus (HPV) infection is the most prevalent sexually-transmitted virus worldwide. It is known to be the etiological agent of cervical cancer and cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN). Consequently, there is strong motivation to evaluate HPV testing in cervical cancer screening.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDetection of human papillomavirus DNA by the hybrid capture assay.
Braz J Infect Dis
April 2003
Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Biomedical Institute of Universidade Federal Fluminense, Rio de Janeiro/RJ, Brazil.
Human Papillomavirus (HPV) infection is the main cause of cervical cancers and cervical intraepithelial neoplasias (CIN) worldwide. Consequently, it would be useful to evaluate HPV testing to screen for cervical cancer. Recently developed, the second-generation Hybrid Capture (HCA II) test is a non-radioactive, relatively rapid, liquid hybridization assay designed to detect 18 HPV types, divided into high and low-risk groups.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF