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| Title |
The distribution of sexually-transmitted Human Papillomaviruses in HIV positive and negative patients in Zambia, Africa
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| Published in |
BMC Infectious Diseases, July 2007
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2334-7-77 |
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| Authors |
Christopher Ng'andwe, John J Lowe, Paula J Richards, Lara Hause, Charles Wood, Peter C Angeletti |
| Abstract |
Human Papillomaviruses (HPV) are double-stranded DNA viruses, considered to be the primary etiological agents in cervical intraepithelial neoplasias and cancers. Approximately 15-20 of the 40 mucosal HPVs confer a high-risk of progression of lesions to invasive cancer. In this study, we investigated the prevalence of sexually transmitted HPVs in Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) positive and negative patients in Zambia, Africa. The rate of high-risk HPV genotypes worldwide varies within each country. Thus, we sought to investigate the rates of HPV infection in sub-Saharan Africa and the potential role of HIV in affecting the HPV genotype distribution. |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 50% |
| Unknown | 1 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 2 | 2% |
| New Zealand | 1 | <1% |
| Kenya | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 114 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 24 | 20% |
| Researcher | 18 | 15% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 17 | 14% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 10 | 8% |
| Student > Bachelor | 9 | 8% |
| Other | 15 | 13% |
| Unknown | 25 | 21% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 49 | 42% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 10 | 8% |
| Social Sciences | 9 | 8% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 7 | 6% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 2 | 2% |
| Other | 6 | 5% |
| Unknown | 35 | 30% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 01 December 2016.
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#14,138,735
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#3,738
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#57,526
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#12
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