Knowledge, attitude and practices towards human papillomavirus infection, vaccination and cervical cancer among paramedical students at a Sri Lankan University

Knowledge, attitude and practices towards human papillomavirus infection, vaccination and cervical cancer among paramedical students at a Sri Lankan University

Introduction: Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is one of the most common sexually transmitted infections, and HPV is an aetiological agent for cervical cancer (CC). In Sri Lanka, CC is the second most frequent cancer affecting women. The present study was undertaken to determine knowledge, attit...

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Main Authors:	H. S. Priyadarshani, S. Arunasalam, F. Noordeen
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Sri Lankan Society for Microbiology 2023-01-01
Series:	Sri Lankan Journal of Infectious Diseases
Subjects:	human papillomavirus knowledge attitudes practices paramedical students
Online Access:	https://account.sljid.sljol.info/index.php/sljo-j-sljid/article/view/8505

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