Human papillomavirus infection in women with and without cervical cancer in Karachi, Pakistan

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 102, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1657-1660

  Raza, S A ^a,b   Franceschi, S ^b   Pallardy, S ^b   Malik, F R ^c   Avan, B I ^d   Zafar, A ^a   Ali, S H ^a   Pervez, S ^a   Serajuddaula, S ^e   Snijders, P J F ^f   Van Kemenade, F J ^f   Meijer, C J L M ^f   Shershah, S ^c   Clifford, G M ^b  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^c Sindh Government Qatar Hospital   (Pakistan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^e ZIAUDDIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^f VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; HPV; Pakistan; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PREVENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS TYPE 16; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PAKISTAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SPOUSE; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION; WART VIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; CERVIX UTERI; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PAPILLOMAVIRIDAE; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PREVALENCE; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952887024     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6605664     Document Type: Article

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