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SUBMITTER: Ghosh I
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4800637 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ghosh Ishita I Mandal Ranajit R Kundu Pratip P Biswas Jaydip J
Journal of clinical and diagnostic research : JCDR 20160201 2
Human papillomavirus (HPV) is a well-established causative agent of malignancy of the female genital tract and a common Sexually Transmitted Infection. The probable co-factors that prevent spontaneous clearance of HPV and progression to neoplasia are genital tract infections from organisms like Chlamydia, Trichomonas vaginalis etc, smoking, nutritional deficiencies and multiparity. Inflammatory conditions can lead to pre-neoplastic manifestations in the cervical epithelium; however their specifi ...[more]