Browsing by Subject "Papillomaviridae"

Association of tumor necrosis factor-alpha promoter variants with risk of HPV-associated oral squamous cell carcinoma.

Wei, Qingyi; Jin, Lei; Sturgis, Erich M; Zhang, Yang; Huang, Zhigang; Song, Xicheng; Li, Chao; ... (8 authors) (Molecular cancer, 2013-07-19)

Tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) plays an important role in inflammation, immunity, and defense against infection and clearance of human papillomavirus (HPV). Thus, genetic variants may modulate individual susceptibility ...

Human Papillomavirus Awareness in Haiti: Preparing for a National HPV Vaccination Program.

Boggan, Joel; Brewer, Noel T; Calo, William A; Gichane, Margaret W; McCarthy, Schatzi H; Walmer, Kathy A (J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol, 2017-02)

STUDY OBJECTIVE: Cervical cancer morbidity and mortality are pressing public health issues that affect women in Haiti. To inform efforts to develop a human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination program in Haiti, we sought to ...

Vaginal Self-Sampling for Human Papillomavirus Infection as a Primary Cervical Cancer Screening Tool in a Haitian Population.

Beauvais, HJ; Boggan, Joel; Chakhtoura, N; Henderson, G; McCarthy, Schatzi H; Smith, JS; Walmer, DK (Sex Transm Dis, 2015-11)

BACKGROUND: Human papillomavirus (HPV) testing as primary cervical cancer screening has not been studied in Caribbean women. We tested vaginal self-collection versus physician cervical sampling in a population of Haitian ...