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HIV associated high-risk HPV infection among Nigerian women.
BMC infectious diseases - 5 Nov 2013
Akarolo-Anthony Sally N, Al-Mujtaba Maryam, Famooto Ayotunde O, Dareng Eileen O, Olaniyan Olayinka B, Offiong Richard, Wheeler Cosette M, Adebamowo Clement A
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BACKGROUND: In developed countries, the incidence of cervical cancer has remained stable in HIV+ women but the prevalence and multiplicity of high-risk HPV (hrHPV) infection, a necessary cause of cervical cancer, appears different comparing HIV+ to HIV- women. Little is known about HIV and HPV co-infection in Africa. METHODS: We enrolled women presenting at our cervical cancer screening program in Abuja, Nigeria...
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