The role of seminal plasma in the regulation of inflammation and inflammatory pathways in the cervix: potential for cervical cancer progression and HIV transmission in South African women

Includes bibliographical references. === Cervical cancer is a chronic inflammatory disease of multifactorial etiology accounting for an annual estimated 266,000 deaths worldwide and usually present in sexually active women. In sub-Saharan Africa, cervical cancer is the most common cancer among women...

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Main Author: Adefuye, Anthonio Oladele
Other Authors: Sales, Kurt Jason
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: University of Cape Town 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12710