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Prevalence of high-risk human papillomavirus genotypes and associated factors among HIV-infected women in a reproductive age group attending antiretroviral therapy in Nekemte town, Oromia, Ethiopia.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2026
Gebeyehu Rundase, Gizaw Seifu, Amensisa Desta, Bekele Tadesse, Merkeb Belay, Alemu Fedasan, Cewaka Gadisa
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Human papillomavirus is a deoxyribonucleic acid virus transmitted primarily sexually. Infection with high-risk human papillomavirus is recognized as the key cause of cervical cancer that is leftover as a public health problem globally. Human immunodeficiency virus infected women of a reproductive age who are on antiretroviral therapy are at higher risk due to debilitated immunity. Therefore, this...
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- Humans
- Female
- Ethiopia
- Adult
- HIV Infections
- Papillomavirus Infections
