Prevalence of oral HPV infection among healthy individuals and head and neck cancer cases in the French West Indies.
Aviane AugusteStanie GaëteCécile Herrmann-StorckLeah MichineauClarisse JoachimJacqueline DeloumeauxSuzy DufloDanièle LucePublished in: Cancer causes & control : CCC (2017)
This study revealed a high prevalence of oral HPV infection in this middle-aged Afro-Caribbean population, and a specific distribution of HPV genotypes. These findings may provide insight into HNSCC etiology specific to the FWI.