Cervicovaginal human papillomavirus (HPV)-infection before and after hysterectomy: evidence of different tissue tropism for oncogenic and nononcogenic HPV types in a cohort of HIV-positive and HIV-negative women
International Journal of Cancer, 04/26/2012
D'Souza G et al. – The data could suggest that oncogenic human papillomavirus (HPV) have greater tropism for cervical compared to vaginal epithelium, consistent with the lower incidence of vaginal than cervical cancer.



