Age-specific prevalence of human papilloma virus infection among Nigerian women

SN Akarolo-Anthony, AO Famooto, EO Dareng… - BMC public health, 2014 - Springer
Background Inconsistent trends in HPV prevalence by age have been described in Africa.
We examined the age prevalence pattern and distribution of 37 HPV-DNA types among …

A population-based cross-sectional study of age-specific risk factors for high risk human papillomavirus prevalence in rural Nigeria

MA Clarke, JC Gage, KO Ajenifuja… - Infectious agents and …, 2011 - Springer
Background Cervical cancer, caused by persistent infection with carcinogenic human
papillomavirus (HR-HPV), is particularly prevalent in Sub-Saharan Africa and is associated …

Human papillomavirus genotype distribution among women with and without cervical cancer: Implication for vaccination and screening in Ghana

Y Nartey, K Amo-Antwi, PC Hill, ET Dassah… - PloS one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Introduction Determining the high-risk human papillomavirus (HR-HPV) genotypes burden
in women with and without cervical cancer afford a direct comparison of their relative …

[HTML][HTML] Prevalence and type distribution of human papillomavirus among women older than 18 years in Egypt: a multicenter, observational study

MF Shaltout, HN Sallam, M AbouSeeda… - International Journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
Objectives Persistent infection with high-risk (HR) human papillomavirus (HPV) is
associated with premalignant lesions and cervical cancer, the third most common cancer …

Epidemiological patterns of cervical human papillomavirus infection among women presenting for cervical cancer screening in North-Eastern Nigeria

MM Manga, A Fowotade, YM Abdullahi… - Infectious agents and …, 2015 - Springer
Abstract Background Sub-Saharan countries including Nigeria have the highest burden of
Human Papillomavirus (HPV) infection in the world. Most studies on HPV surveillance in …

The age‐specific prevalence of human papillomavirus and risk of cytologic abnormalities in rural Nigeria: implications for screen‐and‐treat strategies

JC Gage, KO Ajenifuja, NA Wentzensen… - … journal of cancer, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Cervical screening for carcinogenic human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is being
considered for low‐income countries. Effectiveness requires targeted screening in older …

The prevalence of human papillomavirus infection in Mombasa, Kenya

H De Vuyst, MR Parisi, A Karani, K Mandaliya… - Cancer causes & …, 2010 - Springer
Objectives A human papillomavirus (HPV) prevalence survey was done in Mombasa,
Kenya, to improve the knowledge of HPV prevalence and genotype distribution in sub …

Prevalence of papillomavirus infection in women in Ibadan, Nigeria: a population-based study

JO Thomas, R Herrero, AA Omigbodun… - British journal of …, 2004 - nature.com
To investigate the prevalence of and the risk factors for cervical infection with human
papillomavirus (HPV) in an inner-city area of Ibadan, Nigeria, we interviewed and obtained a …

[PDF][PDF] Oncogenic human papilloma virus infection among women attending the cytology clinic of a tertiary hospital in Lagos, South-West Nigeria

M Adegbesan-Omilabu, K Okunade, S Omilabu - Int J Res Med Sci, 2014 - academia.edu
Background: Cervical cancer is the most common gynaecological cancer and a leading
cause of cancer death in women in Nigeria. Persistence infection with high risk or oncogenic …

Human papillomavirus spectrum of HPV-infected women in Nigeria: an analysis by next-generation sequencing and type-specific PCR

N Dom-Chima, YA Ajang, CI Dom-Chima… - Virology Journal, 2023 - Springer
Background Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and cervical cancer are leading health
problems and causes of death in many parts of the world. There are~ 200 HPV types that …