Article
Genotypic characterisation of human papillomavirus infections among persons living with HIV infection; a case-control study in Kumasi, Ghana.
Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH - 1 Feb 2016
Yar Denis Dekugmen, Salifu Samson Pandam, Darko Samuel Nkansah, Annan Augustina Angelina, Gyimah Akosua Adumea, Buabeng Kwame Ohene, Owusu-Dabo Ellis
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: The objective of this study is to describe the burden of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection among women living with HIV and non-infected women in Ghana. METHODS: A case-control study was conducted involving 107 women living with HIV aged between 18 and 59 years (cases) and 100 non-HIV-infected apparently healthy women (controls) who were recruited from the Kumasi South Hospital, from July to...
Topics
- Adult
- Case-Control Studies
- DNA, Viral
- Female
- Genotype
- Ghana
- HIV Infections
- Humans
- Middle Aged
- Papillomaviridae
- Papillomavirus Infections
