Prevalence of high-risk human papillomavirus infection among women with diabetes mellitus in Accra, Ghana

• Main Authors: Yacoba Atiase (Author), Kofi Effah (Author), Comfort Mawusi Wormenor (Author), Ethel Tekpor (Author), Esu Aku Catherine Morkli (Author), Eunice Boafo (Author), Ernest Yorke (Author), Robert Aryee (Author), Nana Owusu Mensah Essel (Author), Stephen Danyo (Author), Seyram Kemawor (Author), Josephine Akpalu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2024-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background There is increasing evidence of a higher risk and poorer prognosis of cervical cancer among women with diabetes mellitus (DM) compared to the general population. These are mediated by higher susceptibility to persistent high-risk human papillomavirus (hr-HPV) infection due to dys...