Ontology highlight
ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Thorsteinsson K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6706931 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Thorsteinsson Kristina K Ladelund Steen S Storgaard Merete M Katzenstein Terese L TL Johansen Isik Somuncu IS Pedersen Gitte G Rönsholt Frederikke Falkencrone FF Nielsen Lars Nørregård LN Nilas Lisbeth L Franzmann Maria M Obel Niels N Lebech Anne-Mette AM Bonde Jesper J
BMC infectious diseases 20190822 1
<h4>Background</h4>Women living with HIV (WLWH) have high rates of persistent high-risk human papillomavirus (hrHPV) infections and cervical cancer. We aimed to assess the distribution of hrHPV genotypes, risk factors of type-specific hrHPV persistence, and high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions or worse (≥HSIL) in WLWH in Denmark.<h4>Methods</h4>From the prospective Study on HIV, cervical Abnormalities and infections in women in Denmark (SHADE) we identified WLWH with a positive hrHPV test ...[more]