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SUBMITTER: Chambuso R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7478573 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chambuso Ramadhani R Ramesar Raj R Kaambo Evelyn E Murahwa Alltalents T AT Abdallah Mohammed O E MOE De Sousa Michelle M Denny Lynette L Williamson Anna-Lise AL Gray Clive M CM
Medicine 20200201 9
A subgroup of women who are co-infected with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) and human papillomavirus (HPV), progress rapidly to cervical disease. We characterized HPV genotypes within cervical tumor biopsies, assessed the relationships of cervical disease stage with age, HIV-1 status, absolute CD4 count, and CD4 percentage, and identified the predictive power of these variables for cervical disease stage in a cohort of South African women.We recruited 181 women who were histological ...[more]