Abstract
Cervical cancer is the second cause for women's death by cancer among Brazilian women. Human Papillomavirus, HPV, is the main etiologic factor for the development of these tumors. HPV are small DNA tumor virus, non-enveloped and epitheliotropic. They infect skin and mucosa causing, depending on the virus type warts and papillomas or malignant tumors.Upon infection, early viral proteins a…