• Intra-host sequence variability in human papillomavirus 

      Mandishora, Racheal Shamiso Dube; Gjøtterud, Kristina Stormo; Lagström, Sonja; Stray-Pedersen, Babill; Duri, Kerina; Chin'ombe, Nyasha; Nygård, Mari; Christiansen, Irene Kraus; Ambur, Ole Herman; Chirenje, Mike Zvavahera; Rounge, Trine Ballestad (Papillomavirus Research. The Journal of HPV and other Small DNA Tumor Viruses;Volume 5, June 2018, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-04-30)
      Human papillomaviruses (HPVs) co-evolve slowly with the human host and each HPV genotype displays epithelial tropisms. We assessed the evolution of intra HPV genotype variants within samples, and their association to ...
    • Self-collected and clinician-collected anal swabs show modest agreement for HPV genotyping 

      Mandishora, Racheal S. Dube; Rounge, Trine Ballestad; Fitzpatrick, Megan; Christiansen, Hanne Irene Kraus; Ambur, Ole Herman; Lagström, Sonja; Stray-Pedersen, Babill; Tommasino, Massimo; Palefsky, Joel; Chirenje, Zvavahera M. (PLOS ONE;16 (4): e0250426, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-04-26)
      Background & aim: Women with HIV/HPV coinfection and cervical lesions are at increased risk of developing HPV related anal cancer. Self-collection of anal swabs may facilitate HPV molecular testing in anal cancer screening, ...