| detection of human papillomavirus from archival tissues in cervical cancer patients in mauritius. | around half a million new cases of cervical cancer are diagnosed worldwide each year, accounting for almost 300,000 deaths. development of cervical cancer can be multi-factorial, but high-risk human papillomaviruses (hpv) have been associated with the aetiology of cervical cancer. it is believed that hpv dna integrates into the host dna causing abnormal cell growth with cells becoming carcinogenic and spreading metastatically. in mauritius, cervical cancer account for 65% of gynaecological cance ... | 2006 | 16115796 |