Human papillomavirus, coinfection with Schistosoma hematobium, and cervical neoplasia in rural Tanzania

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 505-509

  Petry, Karl Ulrich ^a   Scholz, U ^a   Hollwitz, B ^a   Von Wasielewski, R ^a   Meijer, C J L M ^b  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bilharzias; Cervical cancer; Human papillomavirus

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYBRID CAPTURE 2 ASSAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCH BIOPSY; RURAL AREA; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; TANZANIA; URINALYSIS; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VIRUS INFECTION; WART VIRUS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PAPILLOMAVIRIDAE; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; RURAL POPULATION; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TANZANIA; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 1242339572     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1438.2003.13301.x     Document Type: Article

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