Article
Epidemiology of HPV Genotypes among HIV Positive Women in Kenya: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2016
Menon Sonia, Wusiman Aibibula, Boily Marie Claude, Kariisa Mbabazi, Mabeya Hillary, Luchters Stanley, Forland Frode, Rossi Rodolfo, Callens Steven, Vanden Broeck Davy
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: There is a scarcity of data on the distribution of human papillomavirus (HPV) genotypes in the HIV positive population and in invasive cervical cancer (ICC) in Kenya. This may be different from genotypes found in abnormal cytology. Yet, with the advent of preventive HPV vaccines that target HPV 16 and 18, and the nonavalent vaccine targeting 90% of all ICC cases, such HPV genotype distribution data...
Topics
- Databases, Factual
- Female
- Genotype
- HIV Infections
- Human papillomavirus 16
- Human papillomavirus 18
- Humans
- Kenya
- Papillomaviridae
- Papillomavirus Infections
