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HPV vaccination in Iran: expert perspectives on family dynamics and barriers
Virus 5 min.
Cervical cancer remains a significant global health issue, with the GLOBOCAN report indicating that 604,127 women were diagnosed and 341,831 women died from this disease worldwide [1, 2]. It ranks as the fourth most common cancer among women, following breast, colorectal, and lung cancers, and is primarily...
Inequities and global declines in SARS-CoV-2 genomic data availability hinder response to emerging variants
Virus 3 min.
Whole-genome sequence (WGS) data are critical to detect and monitor the emergence and spread of pathogens and have catalyzed the development of diagnostics, vaccines, and therapeutics needed for epidemic preparedness and response. SARS-CoV-2 is the most sequenced virus in history; the abundance of genomic...
Genomic and clinical epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 in Lebanon: a prospective multicenter study 2020–2024
Virus 7 min.
In December 2019, SARS-CoV-2 emerged in Wuhan, China and quickly became a global public health emergency with significant morbidity and mortality [1, 2]. It has become a major etiologic agent of severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) and is associated with severe manifestations such as pneumonia and...
HPV persistence and CIN2 + Detection in women with normal cytology and Non-16/18 High-Risk HPV positivity
Virus 4 min.
Cervical cancer is the eighth most common cancer among women in Türkiye, with an incidence rate of 4.7 per 100,000 in 2025, according to data released by the Cancer Department of the Turkish Ministry of Health [1]. Persistant human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is responsible for cervical cancer...
