Oncogenic human papilloma virus and cervical pre-cancerous lesions in brothel-based sex workers in India

Journal of Infection and Public Health

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 121-128

  Sarkar, Kamalesh ^a   Bhattacharya, Swati ^b   Bhattacharyya, Subhasish ^c   Chatterjee, Soma ^b   Mallick, Aiyel Haque ^a   Chakraborti, Sekhar ^a   Chatterjee, Debashree ^a   Bal, Baishali ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHOLERA AND ENTERIC DISEASES   (India)

^b Simbiosys Biowares   (India)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Cervical pre cancerous lesion; Cervicitis; Human papillomavirus; India; Oncogenic HPV; Risk factors; Sex workers; STI

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRECANCER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR; TUMOR VIRUS; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; WART VIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CERVIX UTERI; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS 16; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS 18; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ONCOGENES; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; PROSTITUTION; RISK FACTORS; RNA PROBES; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, VIRAL; TIME FACTORS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63549115849     PISSN: 18760341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jiph.2008.09.001     Document Type: Article

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