Association between cervical dysplasia and human papillomavirus in HIV seropositive women from Johannesburg South Africa

doi:10.1007/s10552-009-9475-z

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Association between cervical dysplasia and human papillomavirus in HIV seropositive women from Johannesburg South Africa

30 Nov 2009

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OBJECTIVE: To examine the association between CD4 counts, HPV infection and the risk of cervical neoplasia among HIV-seropositive women. METHODS: A cross-sectional observational study was conducted among 1,010 HIV-seropositive women using cytology-based Pap smears. HPV DNA testing using Linear Array genotyping assay (Roche) was carried out in a subset of 191 patients. Multivariable-adjusted prevalence ratios...

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