Investigating a cluster of vulvar cancer in young women: a cross-sectional study of genital human papillomavirus prevalence

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Rumbold, Alice R ^a,b   Tan, Sarah E ^c,d   Condon, John R ^b   Taylor Thomson, Debbie ^b   Nickels, Maria ^e   Tabrizi, Sepehr N ^c,d,f   Davy, Margaret L J ^g   O'Brien, Margaret M ^h   Connors, Christine M ^f   Zardawi, Ibrahim ⁱ   Stankovich, Jim ^j   Garland, Suzanne M ^c,d,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d WHO HPV LabNet Regional Reference Laboratory Western Pacific Region   (Australia)

^e NORTHERN TERRITORY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^g ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^h CAIRNS BASE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^j UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

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Author keywords

Human papillomavirus; Indigenous women; Population prevalence; Vulvar neoplasms; Young women

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GROUPS BY AGE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS TYPE 16; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; INFORMED CONSENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; VIRUS DETECTION; VULVA CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAL CANAL; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; PAPILLOMAVIRIDAE; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GROUPS; PREVALENCE; VAGINA; VULVA; VULVAR NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867032763     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-12-243     Document Type: Article

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