Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and vaccines: Knowledge, attitude and perception among female students at the University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria [PDF]
AimThis study sought to determine knowledge of and attitude towards human papillomavirus (HPV) infection, HPV-related diseases and HPV vaccines among female undergraduate students at the University of Lagos.MethodsA self-administered questionnaire was ...
Anorlu, Rose Ihuoma+2 more
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dsRNA Virus Model Molecule and the Mechanism of PRRs and its Research Progress in Female Reproductive Tract Infections [PDF]
Female animal genital tract opening on the body surface, prone to bacterial, viral, parasitic, and other pathogenic microorganism infections, leading to genital tract infectious diseases, such as endometritis, cervicitis, vaginitis, etc. Severe infection
Juping Li+7 more
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Female genital schistosomiasis (FGS): from case reports to a call for concerted action against this neglected gynaecological disease [PDF]
In recent years, control of neglected tropical diseases has been increasingly gaining momentum and interventions against schistosomiasis are being progressively scaled-up through expansion of donated praziquantel and preventive chemotherapy campaigns ...
Christinet, Vanessa+3 more
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Genital manifestations of tropical diseases [PDF]
Genital symptoms in tropical countries and among returned travellers can arise from a variety of bacterial, protozoal, and helminthic infections which are not usually sexually transmitted.
Richens, J
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Disease from opposing forces in regulatory control [PDF]
Danger requires a strong rapid response. Speedy triggers are prone to false signals. False alarms can be costly, requiring strong negative regulators to oppose the initial triggers. Strongly opposed forces can easily be perturbed, leading to imbalance and disease.
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Quantifying the under-reporting of genital warts cases [PDF]
Genital warts are a common and highly contagious sexually transmitted disease. They have a large economic burden and affect several aspects of quality of life. Incidence data underestimate the real occurrence of genital warts because this infection is often under-reported, mostly due to their specific characteristics such as the asymptomatic course ...
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Self-reported genital warts among sexually-active university students: A cross-sectional study [PDF]
Background: Genital warts are one of the most common forms of sexually-transmitted disease, but their epidemiology has yet to be thoroughly elucidated. The present study was designed to shed light on the prevalence of clinically-confirmed, self-reported ...
Baldo, Vincenzo+5 more
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Body piercing has been practiced for thousands of years all over the world for beautification, religion, initiation rites or status reasons. Genital piercings also have a significant background and have been practiced for enhancing sexual pleasure ...
Benea, Vasile+5 more
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National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases workshop report: "Chlamydia vaccines: The way forward". [PDF]
Chlamydia trachomatis (Ct), an intracellular pathogen, is the most common bacterial sexually transmitted infection. In addition to acute cervicitis and urethritis, Ct can lead to serious sequelae of significant public health burden including pelvic ...
Brunham, Robert C+4 more
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Classification of Cervical Cancer Dataset [PDF]
Cervical cancer is the leading gynecological malignancy worldwide. This paper presents diverse classification techniques and shows the advantage of feature selection approaches to the best predicting of cervical cancer disease. There are thirty-two attributes with eight hundred and fifty-eight samples. Besides, this data suffers from missing values and
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