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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Main Authors: Jonah Musa, Mamoudou Maiga, Stefan J. Green, Francis A. Magaji, Ali J. Maryam, Mark Okolo, Chuwang J. Nyam, Nanma T. Cosmas, Olugbenga A. Silas, Godwin E. Imade, Yinan Zheng, Brian T. Joyce, Brehima Diakite, Imran Morhason-Bello, Chad J. Achenbach, Atiene S. Sagay, Innocent A.O. Ujah, Robert L. Murphy, Lifang Hou, Supriya Dinesh Mehta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-07-01
Series:BMC Cancer
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-023-11187-5