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Invasive cervical cancers in the United States, Botswana and Kenya: HPV type distribution and health policy implications

BACKGROUND: More deaths occur in African women from invasive cervical cancer (ICC) than from any other malignancy. ICC is caused by infection with oncogenic types of human papillomavirus (HPV). Co-infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) accelerates the natural history of ICC, and may i...

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Autores principales: Ermel, Aaron, Qadadri, Brahim, Tong, Yan, Orang’o, Omenge, Macharia, Benson, Ramogola-Masire, Doreen, Zetola, Nicola M., Brown, Darron R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5105291/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27843487
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13027-016-0102-9