To address a question whether immune responses to HPV infection play a role in control of cervical cancer, we analyzed systemic and mucosal immune responses to HPV in women who underwent radical hysterectomy for cervical cancer (HCC) or loop conization due to cervical dysplasia (LOOP), or had hysterectomy for other reasons (HNN).
Department of Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 845 19th Street South, Bevill Biomed. Res. Building, Room 746, Birmingham, AL 35294-2170, USA. nghuan@uab.edu
