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Cervical cancer in sub-Saharan Africa: a preventable noncommunicable disease.

Expert review of anti-infective therapy - 1 Jun 2017

Mboumba Bouassa Ralph-Sydney, Prazuck Thierry, Lethu Thérèse, Jenabian Mohammad-Ali, Meye Jean-François, Bélec Laurent

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INTRODUCTION: Infections caused by high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) are responsible for 7.7% of cancers in developing countries, mainly cervical cancer. This disease is steadily increasing in sub-Saharan Africa, with more than 75,000 new cases and 50,000 deaths yearly, further increased by HIV infection. Areas covered: The current status of cervical cancer associated with HPV in sub-Saharan Africa has been...

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Africa South of the Sahara
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HIV
Papillomavirus Vaccines

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Uterine Cervical Neoplasms

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PMID: 28440679
DOI: 10.1080/14787210.2017.1322902

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