| human papillomavirus (hpv) infection, hiv infection and cervical cancer in tanzania, east africa. | the presence of hpv-dna was determined in tumor biopsies of cervical-cancer patients and in cervical swabs of non-cancer patients from tanzania, east africa, by southern blot hybridization and/or pcr. hpv types 16 and 18 were detected in 38% and 32%, respectively, of 50 cervical-carcinoma biopsies. a consensus primer pcr capable of detecting a broad spectrum of hpv types revealed the presence of hpv-dna in 59% of 359 cervical swabs of non-cancer patients. type-specific pcr showed that types 16 a ... | 1992 | 1318265 |