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Children’S Susceptibility To Direct Dna Damage As Compared To That Of Adults, Nicholas Bolanos, Marianne Berwick, Phd, Mph
Children’S Susceptibility To Direct Dna Damage As Compared To That Of Adults, Nicholas Bolanos, Marianne Berwick, Phd, Mph
Journal of Health Disparities Research and Practice
DNA damage and genetic mutations have been strongly correlated with the risk of developing certain cancers such as melanoma. It is important to assess correlations in conjunction with findings that are related to DNA damage to order to have a greater understanding of how the disease operates. Direct DNA damage happens when UV photons directly penetrate a cell’s DNA, causing base pairs to bond next to each other changing the sequence. Recent studies have begun to explore the idea that there are critical stages in one’s life where DNA is more vulnerable to direct damage. Data collected from GEM, a …
Human Papillomavirus Infection In Rwanda At The Moment Of Implementation Of A National Hpv Vaccination Programme, Fidele Ngabo, Silvia Franceschi, Iacopo Baussano, M. Chantal Umulisa, Peter Snijders, Anne Uyterlinde, Fulvio Lazzarato, Vanessa Tenet, Maurice Gatera, Agnes Binagwaho, Gary Clifford
Human Papillomavirus Infection In Rwanda At The Moment Of Implementation Of A National Hpv Vaccination Programme, Fidele Ngabo, Silvia Franceschi, Iacopo Baussano, M. Chantal Umulisa, Peter Snijders, Anne Uyterlinde, Fulvio Lazzarato, Vanessa Tenet, Maurice Gatera, Agnes Binagwaho, Gary Clifford
Dartmouth Scholarship
Cervical cancer is the most common female cancer in Rwanda that, in 2011, became the first African country to implement a national vaccination programme against human papillomavirus (HPV). To provide a robust baseline for future evaluations of vaccine effectiveness, cervical cell specimens were obtained from 2508 women aged 18–69 years from the general population in Kigali, Rwanda, during 2013/14. 20 % of women were HIV-positive. Samples were used for liquid-based cytology and HPV testing (44 types) with GP5+/6+ PC.