The combined risks of reduced or increased function variants in cell death pathway genes differentially influence cervical cancer risk and herpes simplex virus type 2 infection among black Africans and the Mixed Ancestry population of South Africa

BACKGROUND: Cervical cancer is one of the most important cancers worldwide with a high incident and mortality rate and is caused by the human papilloma virus (HPV). Among sexually active women who get infected with human papillomavirus (HPV), a small fraction progresses to cervical cancer disease po...

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Published in:BMC Cancer
Main Authors: Chattopadhyay, Koushik, Williamson, Anna-Lise, Hazra, Annapurna, Dandara, Collet
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2015
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4603903/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26458812
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12885-015-1678-y
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