Human papillomavirus genomics: Understanding carcinogenicity

CW Nelson, L Mirabello - Tumour Virus Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Human papillomavirus (HPV) causes virtually all cervical cancers and many cancers at other
anatomical sites in both men and women. However, only 12 of 448 known HPV types are …

[HTML][HTML] Cervical cancer therapies: Current challenges and future perspectives

CA Burmeister, SF Khan, G Schäfer, N Mbatani… - Tumour Virus …, 2022 - Elsevier
Cervical cancer is the fourth most common female cancer worldwide and results in over 300
000 deaths globally. The causative agent of cervical cancer is persistent infection with high …

Recent developments in human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccinology

AL Williamson - Viruses, 2023 - mdpi.com
Human papillomavirus (HPV) is causally associated with 5% of cancers, including cancers
of the cervix, penis, vulva, vagina, anus and oropharynx. The most carcinogenic HPV is HPV …

Prevalence of human papillomavirus genotypes among African women with normal cervical cytology and neoplasia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

RK Ogembo, PN Gona, AJ Seymour, HSM Park… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Background Several meta-analyses confirmed the five most prevalent human papillomavirus
(HPV) strains in women with and without cervical neoplastic diseases are HPV16, 18, 31 …

Characterization of Human Papillomavirus prevalence and risk factors to guide cervical cancer screening in the North Tongu District, Ghana

A Krings, P Dunyo, A Pesic, S Tetteh, B Hansen… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Introduction This population-based study aimed to fill the knowledge gap on Human
Papillomavirus (HPV) prevalence and associated sociodemographic risk factors of the …

Effect of HIV infection on human papillomavirus types causing invasive cervical cancer in Africa

GM Clifford, H de Vuyst, V Tenet… - JAIDS Journal of …, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Objectives: HIV infection is known to worsen the outcome of cervical human papillomavirus
(HPV) infection and may do so differentially by HPV type. Design: Twenty-one studies were …

Integrated review of barriers to cervical cancer screening in sub‐Saharan Africa

DM McFarland, SM Gueldner… - Journal of Nursing …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose The aim of this study was to review published studies to identify and describe
barriers to Papanicolaou (Pap) smear screening among women in sub‐Saharan Africa …

Cancer in Africa: is it a genetic or environmental health problem?

AA Bahnassy, MS Abdellateif, ARN Zekri - Frontiers in Oncology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Patients of African ancestry have the poorest outcome and the shortest survival rates from
cancer globally. This could be attributed to many variables including racial, biological …

Association of HPV35 with cervical carcinogenesis among women of African ancestry: evidence of viral‐host interaction with implications for disease intervention

M Pinheiro, JC Gage, GM Clifford… - … journal of cancer, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
HPV35 has been found in only∼ 2% of invasive cervical cancers (ICC) worldwide but up to
10% in Sub‐Saharan Africa, warranting further investigation and consideration of impact on …

Epidemiology of cervical human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and squamous intraepithelial lesions (SIL) among a cohort of HIV-infected and uninfected Ghanaian …

D Obiri-Yeboah, PK Akakpo, M Mutocheluh… - BMC cancer, 2017 - Springer
Background There is limited data in Ghana on the epidemiology of HPV and cervical
neoplasia and their associations with HIV. This study aimed to compare among HIV-1 …