Papillomavirus infection in the conjunctiva of individuals with and without AIDS: An autopsy series from Uganda

Cancer Letters

Volumn 239, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 98-102

  Ateenyi Agaba, Charles ^a   Weiderpass, Elisabete ^b,c   Tommasino, Massimo ^d   Smet, Anouk ^d   Arslan, Annie ^d   Dai, Min ^d   Katongole Mbidde, Edward ^e   Hainaut, Pierre ^d   Snijders, Peter J F ^f   Franceschi, Silvia ^d  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Uganda)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c CANCER REGISTRY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^d INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^e UGANDA CANCER INSTITUTE   (Uganda)

^f VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Africa; AIDS; Conjunctiva; Immunity; Papillomavirus

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONJUNCTIVAL BIOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS ALPHA; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS BETA; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS GAMMA; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UGANDA; VIRAL CONJUNCTIVITIS; VIRUS INFECTIVITY; VIRUS VIRULENCE; WART VIRUS;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONJUNCTIVAL NEOPLASMS; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HIV; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAPILLOMAVIRIDAE; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UGANDA;

HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS TYPES; PAPILLOMAVIRIDAE;

EID: 33745644481     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2005.07.024     Document Type: Article

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