Human papillomavirus genotypes and factors associated with major cervical smear abnormalities in a sickle cell endemic area of Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo

• Yvette Neema Ufoy Mungu ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: dr.yneema@gmail.com

  Affiliations Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Kisangani, Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Liege, Liege, Belgium

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8132-4482

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• Joëlle Desreux,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Liege, Liege, Belgium

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• Elettra Bianchi,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Anatomopathology, University Hospital of Liege, Liege, Belgium

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• Burubu Lisi-Ankiene Junior,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kikwit, Kikwit, Democratic Republic of the Congo

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• Roland Marini Djang’eing’a,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Laboratory of Analytical Pharmaceutical Chemistry, CIRM, Faculty of Medicine, University of Liège, Liege, Belgium, Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Kisangani, Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo

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• Durkin Keith ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Durkin Keith, Artesi Maria

  Roles Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical and Preclinical Sciences, Human Genetics, GIGA Research, Faculty of Medicine, University of Liege, Liege, Belgium

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• Artesi Maria ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Durkin Keith, Artesi Maria

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical and Preclinical Sciences, Human Genetics, GIGA Research, Faculty of Medicine, University of Liege, Liege, Belgium

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• Katenga Bosunga,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Kisangani, Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo

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• Vincent Bours

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical and Preclinical Sciences, Human Genetics, GIGA Research, Faculty of Medicine, University of Liege, Liege, Belgium

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