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Disparity in the persistence of high-risk human papillomavirus genotypes between African American and European American women of college age.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Jan 2015
Banister Carolyn E, Messersmith Amy R, Cai Bo, Spiryda Lisa B, Glover Saundra H, Pirisi Lucia, Creek Kim E
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BACKGROUND: Cervical cancer incidence and mortality rates are higher in African Americans than in European Americans (white, non-Hispanic of European ancestry). The reasons for this disparity are not known. METHODS: We recruited a population-based longitudinal cohort of 326 European American and 113 African American female college freshmen in Columbia, South Carolina, to compare clearance of high-risk human...
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