| human papillomavirus type 18 and other risk factors for cervical cancer in jakarta, indonesia. | infection with human papillomavirus (hpv) has now been established as a necessary cause of cervical cancer. indonesia is a country with a high cervical cancer incidence and with the world's highest prevalence of hpv 18 in cervical cancer. no information exists about the prevalence of hpv 18 or other hpv types in the indonesian population. we conducted a hospital-based case-control study in jakarta, indonesia. a total of 74 cervical carcinoma cases and 209 control women, recruited from the gyneco ... | 2006 | 17009976 |