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dc.contributor.authorOdida, Michael
dc.contributor.authorWeiderpass, Elisabete
dc.contributor.authorde Sanjosé, Silvia
dc.contributor.authorQuint, Wim
dc.contributor.authorBosch, Xavier F.
dc.contributor.authorKlaustermeier, Joellen
dc.date.accessioned2009-09-30T12:37:34Z
dc.date.available2009-09-30T12:37:34Z
dc.date.issued2008-06-24
dc.description.abstractBackground: We conducted a study aiming to describe Human Papillomavirus (HPV) type distribution in invasive cervical carcinoma in Uganda. <br> Methods: 191 archival cervical carcinoma samples diagnosed in the Department of Pathology, Makerere University in Kampala between 1968 and 1992 were analysed using a sensitive PCRReverse Hybridization Line Probe Assay. <br> Results: Out of the 186 cases of confirmed invasive cervical cancer in the study paraffin blocks, 114 were positive for HPV DNA. Specific HPV genotypes were identifiable in 109 cases: HPV 16, 18, 31, 35, 39, 44, 45, 51, 52 and 70. These occurred as single infections in 105 cases (96.3%) and as multiple infections in 4 cases (3.7%). HPV 16 or 18 accounted for 80% (84/105) of cases with single infection. <br> Conclusion: The results of this study confirm the role of HPV 16 and 18 in cervical cancer pathogenesis in the Ugandan population. The results suggest that the currently available HPV vaccines against HPV 16 and 18 could possibly prevent the majority of invasive cervical cancers in Uganda.en
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dc.identifier.citationBMC Infectious Diseases 2008, 8:85en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/2147
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:no-uit_munin_1898
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisherBioMed Centralen
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccess
dc.subjectVDP::Medical disciplines: 700::Clinical medical disciplines: 750::Gynecology and obstetrics: 756en
dc.subjectVDP::Medical disciplines: 700::Clinical medical disciplines: 750::Oncology: 762en
dc.titleHuman Papillomavirus type distribution in invasive cervical cancer in Ugandaen
dc.typeJournal articleen
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dc.typePeer revieweden


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