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Associations Between Vaginal Infections and Potential High-risk and High-risk Human Papillomavirus Genotypes in Female Sex Workers in Western Kenya.
Clinical therapeutics - 1 Dec 2016
Menon Sonia, Broeck Davy Vanden, Rossi Rodolfo, Ogbe Emilomo, Harmon Stacy, Mabeya Hillary
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: Infection with and persistence of high-risk human papillomavirus (HR HPV) are the strongest risk factors for cervical cancer. Little is known about the prevalence and role of concurrent sexually transmitted infections (STIs) found in HPV-infected female sex workers (FSW) in Africa. This study purports to test our a priori hypotheses that STIs are associated with genotypes pertaining to the α-group...
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