Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices Towards Human Papillomavirus (HPV) and HPV Vaccination among Students at Higher Institutions of Learning in Buea, South West Region of Cameroon: A Cross-Sectional Study

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The human papillomavirus (HPV) is the most common sexually transmitted disease, and although in most cases our body ends up neutralizing it, it is also responsible for 70% of the cases of uterine cancer In males, HPV infection results in a significant decrease in the quality of semen made up of more than a hundred viruses, 40 of them can become infectious, cause cancer and even infertility (together with other viruses). Depending on the type, HP…

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Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices Towards Human Papillomavirus (HPV) and HPV Vaccination among Students at Higher Institutions of Learning in Buea, South West Region of Cameroon: A Cross-Sectional Study

Background Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the most common viral sexually transmitted infection (STI) of the reproductive tract, causing a range of diseases in men and women. HPV causes almost half a million cases of cervical cancer and 250,000 related deaths, 80% of which occur in deve...