A Comparison of the Natural History of HPV Infection and CervicalAbnormalities among HIV-positive and HIV-negative Women in SenegalAfrica

摘要

BackgroundThere is evidence of an interaction between human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and human papillomavirus (HPV) resulting in increased HPV-associated morbidity and cancer mortality among HIV-positive women. This study aims to determine how the natural history of cervical HPV infection differs by HIV status.