Rapid acquisition of HPV around the time of sexual debut in adolescent girls in Tanzania
Author(s) -
Catherine Houlihan,
Kathy Baisley,
Ignacio G. Bravo,
Saidi Kapiga,
Silvia de Sanjosé,
John Changalucha,
David A. Ross,
Richard Hayes,
Deborah WatsonJones
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
international journal of epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406
H-Index - 208
eISSN - 1464-3685
pISSN - 0300-5771
DOI - 10.1093/ije/dyv367
Subject(s) - tanzania , incidence (geometry) , medicine , cervical cancer , hpv infection , demography , genotype , human papillomavirus , gynecology , obstetrics , pediatrics , cancer , biology , biochemistry , physics , environmental science , environmental planning , sociology , optics , gene
No reports exist on genotype-specific human papillomavirus (HPV) acquisition in girls after first sex in sub-Saharan Africa, despite high HPV prevalence and cervical cancer incidence.
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