Abstract
Background HIV infected women are more likely to have persistent oncogenic human papillomavirus infections that lead to precancerous cervical lesions and cervical cancer. Of the incident cases of cervical cancer in Africa, 40% occur in East Africa [5]. Tanzanian women bear the highest burden of cervical cancer in the region with age adjusted standardized incidence and mortality rates of 50.9 and 37.5 cases per 100,000 women. Cervical cytology was performed to estimate the prevalence of squamous intraepithelial lesions (SIL) and determine patient follow up for treatment of histologically confirmed SIL.
Highlights
HIV infected women are more likely to have persistent oncogenic human papillomavirus infections that lead to precancerous cervical lesions and cervical cancer
Of those who were positive for squamous intraepithelial lesions (SIL), 95 (76.61%) had cervicitis or inflammation
Positive smears included the detection of low-grade SIL (LSIL) and high-grade SIL (HSIL)
Summary
HIV infected women are more likely to have persistent oncogenic human papillomavirus infections that lead to precancerous cervical lesions and cervical cancer. Of the incident cases of cervical cancer in Africa, 40% occur in East Africa [5]. Tanzanian women bear the highest burden of cervical cancer in the region with age adjusted standardized incidence and mortality rates of 50.9 and 37.5 cases per 100,000 women. Cervical cytology was performed to estimate the prevalence of squamous intraepithelial lesions (SIL) and determine patient follow up for treatment of histologically confirmed SIL
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