human papillomavirus infection in women with and without cervical cancer in tbilisi, georgia. | background: no accurate estimates of cervical cancer incidence or mortality currently exist in georgia. nor are there any data on the population-based prevalence of high-risk (hr) human papillomavirus (hpv) infection, which, in the absence of good-quality screening, is known to correlate with cervical cancer incidence. methods: we obtained cervical cell specimens from 1309 women aged 18-59 years from the general population of tbilisi, and also from 91 locally diagnosed invasive cervical cancers ... | 2011 | 21292583 |