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SUBMITTER: Wall SR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2361674 | biostudies-literature | 2005 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wall S R SR Scherf C F CF Morison L L Hart K W KW West B B Ekpo G G Fiander A N AN Man S S Gelder C M CM Walraven G G Borysiewicz L K LK
British journal of cancer 20051001 9
The development of effective strategies against cervical cancer in Africa requires accurate type specific data on human papillomavirus (HPV) prevalence, including determination of DNA sequences in order to maximise local vaccine efficacy. We have investigated cervical HPV infection and squamous intraepithelial lesions (SIL) in an unselected cohort of 1061 women in a rural Gambian community. Squamous intraepithelial lesions was diagnosed using cytology and histology, HPV was typed by PCR-ELISA of ...[more]