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Prevalence and risk factors of sexually transmitted infections and cervical neoplasia in women from a rural area of southern mozambique

Menéndez, Clara; Castellsagué, Xavier; Renom, Montse; Sacarlal, Jahit 1; Quintó, Llorenç; Lloveras, Belen; Klaustermeier, Joellen; Kornegay, Janet R; Sigauque, Betuel; Bosch, F. Xavier; Alonso, Pedro L.

Infect. dis. obstet. gynecol; 2010 (609315), 2020

There is limited information on the prevalence of sexually transmitted infections and the prevalence of cervical neoplasia in rural sub-Saharan Africa. This study describes the prevalence and the etiology of STIs and the prevalence of cervical neoplasia among women in southern Mozambique. An age-stratifi...

Infecções Sexualmente Transmissíveis/epidemiologia, Infecções Sexualmente Transmissíveis/etiologia, Neoplasias do Colo do Útero/epidemiologia, Sífilis/epidemiologia, População Rural, Comportamento Sexual, Doenças Bacterianas Sexualmente Transmissíveis/epidemiologia, Doenças Bacterianas Sexualmente Transmissíveis/etiologia, Moçambique, Complicações Infecciosas na Gravidez, Parceiros Sexuais, Trichomonas vaginalis/isolamento & purificação, Papillomaviridae/genética

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Lay knowledge of cervical cancer in Manhiça district, Mozambique: a qualitative study

Mozambique has one of the highest cervical cancer incidence rates in the world. Health interventions are still being conceived solely from a non-communicable disease standpoint despite that it is also a sexual and reproductive health problem. The objective of this study was to assess the extent to which ...