Vaginal microbiome community state types and high-risk human papillomaviruses in cervical precancer and cancer in North-central Nigeria
Abstract Background High risk human papillomaviruses (HR-HPV) have a causal role in cervical oncogenesis, and HIV-mediated immune suppression allows HR-HPV to persist. We studied whether vaginal microbiome community state types (CSTs) are associated with high-grade precancer and/or invasive cervical...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2023-07-01
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Series: | BMC Cancer |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-023-11187-5 |