Prevalence of Anal Human Papillomavirus Infection and Risk Factors among HIV-positive Patients in Tokyo, Japan.

Prevalence of Anal Human Papillomavirus Infection and Risk Factors among HIV-positive Patients in Tokyo, Japan.

Oncogenic human papillomavirus (HPV) infection, particularly multiple HPV types, is recognized as a necessary cause of anal cancer. However, a limited number of studies have reported the prevalence of anal HPV infection in Asia. We determined the prevalence, genotypes, and risk factors for anal HPV...

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Main Authors: Naoyoshi Nagata, Kazuhiro Watanabe, Takeshi Nishijima, Kenichi Tadokoro, Koji Watanabe, Takuro Shimbo, Ryota Niikura, Katsunori Sekine, Junichi Akiyama, Katsuji Teruya, Hiroyuki Gatanaga, Yoshimi Kikuchi, Naomi Uemura, Shinichi Oka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4569050?pdf=render

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