Prevalence, Genotype Distribution and Risk Factors for Cervical Human Papillomavirus Infection in the Grand Tunis Region, Tunisia

Monia Ardhaoui; Emna Ennaifer; Hajer Letaief; Rejaibi Salsabil; Thalja Lassili; Karim Chahed; Souha Bougatef; Asma Bahrini; Emna El Fehri; Kaouther Ouerhani; Adela Paez Jimenez; Ikram Guizani; Med Samir Boubaker; Nissaf Bouafif ép Ben Alaya

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0157432

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Prevalence, Genotype Distribution and Risk Factors for Cervical Human Papillomavirus Infection in the Grand Tunis Region, Tunisia

Monia Ardhaoui ,

* E-mail: ardhaouimonia@gmail.com

Affiliations Department of Molecular Epidemiology of infectious diseases, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia, Department of Human and Experimental Pathology, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia

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Emna Ennaifer,

Affiliations Department of Molecular Epidemiology of infectious diseases, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia, Department of Human and Experimental Pathology, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia
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Hajer Letaief,

Current address: Department of Preventive medicine, Faculté de Médecine de Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Observatoire National des Maladies Nouvelles et Emergentes de Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia
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Rejaibi Salsabil,

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, Observatoire National des Maladies Nouvelles et Emergentes de Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia, Department of Disease Prevention and Control, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Solna, Sweden
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Thalja Lassili,

Affiliations Department of Molecular Epidemiology of infectious diseases, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia, Department of Human and Experimental Pathology, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia
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Karim Chahed,

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, Observatoire National des Maladies Nouvelles et Emergentes de Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia, Department of Disease Prevention and Control, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Solna, Sweden
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Souha Bougatef,

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Observatoire National des Maladies Nouvelles et Emergentes de Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia
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Asma Bahrini,

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Observatoire National des Maladies Nouvelles et Emergentes de Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia
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Emna El Fehri,

Affiliations Department of Molecular Epidemiology of infectious diseases, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia, Department of Human and Experimental Pathology, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia
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Kaouther Ouerhani,

Affiliations Department of Molecular Epidemiology of infectious diseases, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia, Department of Human and Experimental Pathology, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia
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Adela Paez Jimenez,

Affiliation Department of Disease Prevention and Control, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Solna, Sweden
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Ikram Guizani,

Affiliation Department of Molecular Epidemiology of infectious diseases, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia
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Med Samir Boubaker,

Affiliation Department of Human and Experimental Pathology, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia
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Nissaf Bouafif ép Ben Alaya

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Observatoire National des Maladies Nouvelles et Emergentes de Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia
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Prevalence, Genotype Distribution and Risk Factors for Cervical Human Papillomavirus Infection in the Grand Tunis Region, Tunisia

Monia Ardhaoui,
Emna Ennaifer,
Hajer Letaief,
Rejaibi Salsabil,
Thalja Lassili,
Karim Chahed,
Souha Bougatef,
Asma Bahrini,
Emna El Fehri,
Kaouther Ouerhani

Published: June 14, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0157432

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