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HPV infection among rural American Indian women and urban white women in South Dakota: an HPV prevalence study.
BMC infectious diseases - 24 Sept 2011
Schmidt-Grimminger Delf C, Bell Maria C, Muller Clemma J, Maher Diane M, Chauhan Subhash C, Buchwald Dedra S
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: High-risk strains of human papillomavirus (HPV) cause cervical cancer. American Indian (AI) women in the Northern Plains of the U.S. have significantly higher incidence and mortality rates for cervical cancer than White women in the same geographical area. We compared HPV prevalence, patterns of HPV types, and infection with multiple HPV types in AI and White women living in South Dakota, U.S....
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