High human papillomavirus (HPV) prevalence in South African adolescents and young women encourages expanded HPV vaccination campaigns.

High human papillomavirus (HPV) prevalence in South African adolescents and young women encourages expanded HPV vaccination campaigns.

The objectives of the study were to investigate prevalence of cervical human papillomavirus (HPV) genotypes to inform HPV vaccination strategy in South Africa and to study factors associated with HPV prevalence. Sexually active, HIV-negative women, aged 16-22 years recruited from Soweto (n = 143) an...

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Main Authors: Zizipho Z A Mbulawa, Cari van Schalkwyk, Nai-Chung Hu, Tracy L Meiring, Shaun Barnabas, Smritee Dabee, Heather Jaspan, Jean-Mari Kriek, Shameem Z Jaumdally, Etienne Muller, Linda-Gail Bekker, David A Lewis, Janan Dietrich, Glenda Gray, Jo-Ann S Passmore, Anna-Lise Williamson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5749739?pdf=render

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