Plasma cytokine levels and human papillomavirus infection at the cervix in rural Nigerian women.

Highlights: [•] Cytokines were reliably measured in plasma in Nigerian women using Luminex assays. [•] Cytokine levels were not associated with HPV detection at the cervix. [•] A possible exception is inverse associations between eotaxin and carcinogenic HPV. [•] Eotaxin findings suggest innate immunity may play a role in HPV persistence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]