October 2017

Sociodemographic determinants of abnormal cervical cytology among HIV positive women in Nnewi, Nigeria

Women living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection have a higher burden of premalignant lesion of the cervix. This may be influenced by their sociodemographic profile. To study the sociodemographic determinants of abnormal cervical cytology among HIV-positive women attending the adult HIV clinic in Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital Nnewi (NAUTH), Nnewi, Nigeria, the Pap smears of 110 HIV-positive...

Author(s): Joseph O. Ugboaja, Charlotte O. Oguejiofor and Bertrand N. Obi