High-risk cervical human papillomavirus infections among human immunodeficiency virus-positive women in the Bahamas.

High-risk (HR) HPV genotypes other than 16 and 18 have been detected in a significant proportion of immunocompromised females. We aim to evaluate the frequency of HR HPV genotypes in a population of HIV-positive Caribbean women.One hundred sixty-seven consecutive, non-pregnant, HIV-positive females...

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Main Authors: Dionne N Dames, Elizabeth Blackman, Raleigh Butler, Emanuela Taioli, Stacy Eckstein, Karthik Devarajan, Andrea Griffith-Bowe, Perry Gomez, Camille Ragin, African Caribbean Cancer Consortium
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3900425?pdf=render