Cervical cancer is one of the leading causes of female death, with an annual mortality rate
exceeding 200,000 in developing communities. Despite the past decade bearing witness to …

Background: Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) carries the highest burden of high-risk human
papillomavirus (HR-HPV) in the world, driven by, and together with, HIV infection. This …

Background For women living with HIV (WLHIV), the burden of persistent HPV infection,
cervical pre-cancerous lesions and cancer have been demonstrated to be higher than …

Methods In a cross-sectional study of young women, sexually active, aged 16 to 22 years in
rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, in 32 randomly selected rural schools in schistosomiasis …

Background Women living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), especially in sub-
Saharan Africa, are at high risk for cervical high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions …

Women with female genital schistosomiasis (FGS) have been found to have genital
symptoms and a three-fold higher risk of HIV infection. Despite WHO recommendations …

Background We conducted in 2018 a descriptive, quantitative, population-based, cross-
sectional survey estimating the prevalence of cervical high-risk human papillomavirus (HR …

Objective The objective of the present study was to assess the prevalence and type-specific
distribution of cervical high-risk (HR) human papillomavirus (HPV) among women with …

Simple Summary Primary prophylactic, early detection and the treatment of precancerous
lesions are the main goals of cervical cancer screening. Despite effective surgical treatment …

Helminth infection-driven changes to immunity in the female reproductive tract (FRT) is an
immune axis that is currently understudied but can have major implications for the control of …