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Human papillomavirus prevalence in a population of women living in Port-au-Prince and Leogane, Haiti.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Walmer David K, Eder Paul S, Bell Laura, Salim Hiam, Kobayashi Lori, Ndirangu Jackie, Tinfo Nicole, Castle Philip E
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: There have been no published studies of carcinogenic human papillomavirus (HPV)--the necessary cause of cervical cancer--in Haiti, a nation that has one of the greatest burdens of cervical cancer globally. OBJECTIVE: Characterize prevalence of carcinogenic HPV and the prevalence of individual carcinogenic HPV genotypes in women with cervical precancer or cancer, cervical intraepithelial neoplasia...
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