| high prevalence of high-risk oncogenic human papillomaviruses harboring atypical distribution in women of childbearing age living in libreville, gabon. | the extent of human papillomavirus (hpv) genital shedding and type-specific diversity were evaluated in 354 consecutive women of childbearing age living in libreville, gabon. detection of hpv dna was performed by pcr using the my09/my11 primer set on dna extracted from endocervical swabs. all pcr positive specimens were subjected to direct sequencing and hpv genotypes were identified on the basis of >95% sequence homology in the l1 region. reverse line blot hybridization assay was used when a ge ... | 2005 | 16173023 |