Prevalence of vaginal and cervical HPV infection among 35-year age cohort ever-married women in Kalutara district of Sri Lanka and the validity of vaginal HPV/DNA specimen as a cervical cancer screening tool: a cross-sectional study

Prevalence of vaginal and cervical HPV infection among 35-year age cohort ever-married women in Kalutara district of Sri Lanka and the validity of vaginal HPV/DNA specimen as a cervical cancer screening tool: a cross-sectional study

Abstract Background Cervical cancer is the 2nd most common female cancer among Sri Lankan females and is almost associated with sexually transmitted cervicovaginal human papillomavirus (HPV) infection. The study objectives were to determine the prevalence of vaginal and cervical HPV infection among...

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Main Authors: KCM Perera, KN Mapitigama, HTCS Abeysena
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2024-11-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Prevalence
HPV infection
Cervical
Vaginal
HPV/DNA test
Vaginal HPV/DNA specimens
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-024-10150-4
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