A population-based cross-sectional study of age-specific risk factors for high risk human papillomavirus prevalence in rural Nigeria

BACKGROUND: Cervical cancer, caused by persistent infection with carcinogenic human papillomavirus (HR-HPV), is particularly prevalent in Sub-Saharan Africa and is associated with a high mortality rate. Some studies in West Africa, including our own, have found unusually high HR-HPV across all ages...

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Autores principales: Clarke, Megan A, Gage, Julia C, Ajenifuja, Kayode O, Wentzensen, Nicolas A, Adepiti, Akinfolarin C, Wacholder, Sholom, Burk, Robert D, Schiffman, Mark
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3162906/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21801395
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1750-9378-6-12

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3162906/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21801395
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1750-9378-6-12

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