Abstract:The objective of this study is to show that the presence of koilocytosis on the cervical smear is the only possibility to detect Papillomavirus infection in cervical intra-epithelial neoplasia in women living in Lubumbashi. This is a crosssectional analytical study on the data collected from the register of women who participated in the cervix lesion screening campaign organized in Lubumbashi in March 2012 by the Congolese League Against Cancer. A total of 545 women with cervical lesions have been selected. Th… Show more
“…Numerous published studies show that papillomatosis is a common morphological marker of papillomavirus infection [36,37]. Koïlocytosis is considered to be the pathognomonic morphological marker of papillomavirus infection [38][39][40]. Several studies demonstrate the existence of relationships between some molecular biomarkers and certain morphological markers of Papillomavirus infection [39][40][41][42].…”
“…Numerous published studies show that papillomatosis is a common morphological marker of papillomavirus infection [36,37]. Koïlocytosis is considered to be the pathognomonic morphological marker of papillomavirus infection [38][39][40]. Several studies demonstrate the existence of relationships between some molecular biomarkers and certain morphological markers of Papillomavirus infection [39][40][41][42].…”
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