Human papillomavirus distribution in invasive cervical carcinoma in sub-Saharan Africa: could HIV explain the

Cathy Ndiaye1, Laia Alemany, Nafissatou Ndiaye

  • 1Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada  Sainte-Justine Hospital Research Center, Montreal, QC, Canada  Unit of Infections and Cancer, Institut Català d'Oncologia, Barcelona, Spain  CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública, CIBERESP, Barcelona, Spain  Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Senegal  Faculté de Médecine, Université de Bamako, Bamako, Mali  Hôpital Principal de Dakar, Dakar, Senegal  Department of Pathology, School of Biomedical Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda  Lagos University Teaching Hospital Idi-Araba, Lagos, Nigeria  Red Temàtica de Investigaciòn Cooperativa en Càncer, RTICC, Barcelona, Spain.

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