Title |
Prevalence of HPV infection and other risk factors in a Fijian population
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Published in |
Infectious Agents and Cancer, April 2014
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DOI | 10.1186/1750-9378-9-14 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Sunia Foliaki, Naomi Brewer, Neil Pearce, Peter JF Snijders, Chris JLM Meijer, Lepani Waqatakirewa, Gary M Clifford, Silvia Franceschi |
Abstract |
Cancer is among the leading contributors to morbidity and mortality in the Pacific, but the magnitude of the problem and the potential for prevention have not been comprehensively studied. Over the past decade, cervical cancer has been the most common cancer among women in Fiji with an age standardised cervical cancer incidence rate of 51 per 100,000. This rate is among the highest in the South Pacific region and in the world. This high cervical cancer incidence rate is likely linked to the low cervical screening rate, but it points also to the possibility of a high burden of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection. |
X Demographics
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Japan | 1 | 50% |
Unknown | 1 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Members of the public | 2 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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New Zealand | 1 | 2% |
United States | 1 | 2% |
Unknown | 52 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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Student > Bachelor | 7 | 13% |
Student > Master | 7 | 13% |
Other | 5 | 9% |
Researcher | 5 | 9% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 4 | 7% |
Other | 10 | 19% |
Unknown | 16 | 30% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Medicine and Dentistry | 18 | 33% |
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 3 | 6% |
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 2 | 4% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 2 | 4% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 2 | 4% |
Other | 8 | 15% |
Unknown | 19 | 35% |