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Prevalence and predictors of high-risk human papillomavirus infection in a population-based sample of women in rural Uganda

Asiimwe, S.; Whalen, C.C.; Tisch, D.J.; Tumwesigye, E.; Sethi, A.K.

International Journal of Std and Aids 19(9): 605-610

2008


ISSN/ISBN: 0956-4624
PMID: 18725551
DOI: 10.1258/ijsa.2008.008025
Accession: 032936149

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High-risk genital human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is aetiologically linked to cervical cancer; however, data on the prevalence and determinants of high-risk HPV infection in Uganda are limited. We conducted a population-based cross-sectional survey among 18-49-year-old women in rural Southwest Uganda.

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