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ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Risk of being seropositive for multiple human papillomavirus types among Finnish and Ugandan women

Proscovia Bazanya Namujju National Institute for Health and Welfare, Oulu, Finland; Uganda Virus Research Institute, Entebbe, UgandaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Heljä-Marja Surcel National Institute for Health and Welfare, Oulu, Finland
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Reinhard Kirnbauer Department of Dermatology, Medical University Vienna, Austria
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Marjo Kaasila National Institute for Health and Welfare, Oulu, Finland
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Cecily Banura Faculty of Medicine, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda; Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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Romano Byaruhanga Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, St. Francis Hospital, Nsambya, Uganda; Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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Moses Muwanga Entebbe Hospital, Entebbe, Uganda
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Edward Katongole Mbidde Uganda Virus Research Institute, Entebbe, Uganda
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Pentti Koskela National Institute for Health and Welfare, Oulu, Finland
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Matti Lehtinen National Institute for Health and Welfare, Oulu, Finland; School of Public Health, University of Tampere, Finland
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Pages 522-526 | Received 04 Sep 2009, Accepted 16 Dec 2009, Published online: 24 Feb 2010

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