Histopathological profile of cervical punch biopsies and risk factors associated with high-grade cervical precancerous lesions and cancer in northwest Ethiopia

• Awoke Derbie ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: awoke.derbie@bdu.edu.et

  Affiliations Department of Medical Microbiology, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia, Centre for Innovative Drug Development and Therapeutic Trials for Africa (CDT-Africa), College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Department of Health Biotechnology, Institute of Biotechnology, Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia, Department of Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6949-3494

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• Bereket Amare,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia

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• Eyaya Misgan,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia

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• Endalkachew Nibret,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Health Biotechnology, Institute of Biotechnology, Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia, Department of Biology, College of Science, Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7063-2877

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• Melanie Maier,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Diagnostics, Institute of Virology, Leipzig University Hospital, Leipzig, Germany

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• Yimtubezinash Woldeamanuel,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Centre for Innovative Drug Development and Therapeutic Trials for Africa (CDT-Africa), College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Department of Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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• Tamrat Abebe

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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