Risk factors associated with human papillomavirus prevalence and cervical neoplasia among Cameroonian women

Catarino, Rosa; Vassilakos, Pierre; Tebeu, Pierre-Marie; Schaefer, Sonja; Bongoe, Adamo; Petignat, Patrick

doi:10.1016/j.canep.2015.11.008

Scientific article

English

Risk factors associated with human papillomavirus prevalence and cervical neoplasia among Cameroonian women

ContributorsCatarino, Rosa; Vassilakos, Pierre; Tebeu, Pierre-Marie; Schaefer, Sonja; Bongoe, Adamo; Petignat, Patrick

Published inCancer epidemiology, vol. 40, p. 60-66

Publication date2016

Abstract

This study used community-based cervical cancer screening for high-risk human-papillomavirus (HPV) to determine demographic and lifestyle factors associated with HPV prevalence and cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 2 or worse (CIN2+).

Keywords

Adult
Aged
Cameroon/epidemiology
Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia/pathology/virology
Female
HIV Infections/complications/epidemiology
Human papillomavirus 16
Human papillomavirus 18
Humans
Middle Aged
Papillomavirus Infections/complications/epidemiology/virology
Prevalence
Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction
Risk Factors
Uterine Cervical Neoplasms/pathology/virology

Affiliation entities

Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de pédiatrie, gynécologie et obstétrique

Research groups

Prévention du cancer du col utérin (933)

Citation (ISO format)

CATARINO, Rosa et al. Risk factors associated with human papillomavirus prevalence and cervical neoplasia among Cameroonian women. In: Cancer epidemiology, 2016, vol. 40, p. 60–66. doi: 10.1016/j.canep.2015.11.008

Article (Published version)

Identifiers

PID : unige:89580
DOI : 10.1016/j.canep.2015.11.008
PMID : 26625088

Journal ISSN1877-7821

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Risk factors associated with human papillomavirus prevalence and cervical neoplasia among Cameroonian women

This study used community-based cervical cancer screening for high-risk human-papillomavirus (HPV) to determine demographic and lifestyle factors associated with HPV prevalence and cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 2 or worse (CIN2+).

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