Persistence of high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) represents the necessary cause of cervical cancer. Researching natural history of HPV infection is important to identify high-risk population of cervical cancer. Since HPV infection is population-specific, the findings in western populations could not be simply extended to Chinese and Asian females. This study investigated the type-specific pe...

Despite the high incidence of cervical cancer in Thailand, large population-based studies on cervical cytology and HPV prevalence and genotype distribution are rare. This study aimed to determine cervical cytology results and the prevalence and distribution of HPV among Thai females in Bangkhayaeng subdistrict, Pathumthani province, Thailand. Of 4681 female inhabitants, aged 20-70 years, 1523 w...

OBJECTIVES Our aim was to study the prevalence and age distribution of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection among Inuit women in Nunavik, northern Quebec, a population at high risk of cervical cancer. METHODS We recruited a cohort of Inuit women seeking routine care and living primarily in four communities of the Nunavik region. Pap smears were done and cervical specimens were tested for HPV-...

PURPOSE To evaluate the prevalence and type distribution of high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) infection in genital warts of Korean men, and for the first time, to describe the risk factors associated with high-risk HPV infection in male genital warts. MATERIALS AND METHODS In a single private clinic, 150 consecutive male patients with histopathologic-confirmed genital warts who underwent H...

Background: Human Papilloma viruses (HPV) is the most common sexually transmitted infection (STI) and the most important pathogenic factor for cervical intraepithelial lesions and carcinoma therefore a significant source of morbidity and mortality worldwide. This study was designed to investigate reproductive and medical factors associated with HPV infection in women referred to Colposcopy clin...

HPV genotypes have distinct distributions among various ethnic populations worldwide. In December 2013, 237 and 159 cervical samples were collected from Hani and Han ethnic women, respectively, in Mojiang, a rural county in southern Yunnan. The overall HPV infection rate (21.1%) among the Hani women was significantly higher than that among the Han women (12.6%). The high-risk (HR) and low-risk ...

Persistent infection with high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) is central to cervical carcinogenesis. Certain high-risk types, such as HPV16, may be more persistent than other HPV types, and type-specific HPV persistence may differ by HIV serostatus. This study evaluated the association between HPV type and clearance of HPV infections in 522 HIV-seropositive and 279 HIV-seronegative participant...

BACKGROUND Molecular tests allow the detection of high-risk human papillomavirus in cervical samples, playing an important role in the prevention of cervical cancer. OBJECTIVES We performed a study to determine the prevalence of HPV 16, HPV 18 and other high-risk human papillomavirus (pool 12 genotypes) in Peruvian females from diverse urban areas using the cobas 4800 HPV test. METHODS Rout...

OBJECTIVES HPV infection causes cervical cancer, yet information on prevalence and risk factors for HPV in Africa remain sparse. This study describes the prevalence of HPV genotypes and risk factors associated with HPV among young women ≤ 30 years of age in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), South Africa. METHODS Cervicovaginal lavage samples were tested for HPV genotypes in 224 women enrolled in a prospec...

Human papillomavirus (HPV) is considered the most important risk factor for the development of ano-genital region cancer in both women and men. Whereas low-risk genotypes are responsible for cutaneous and genital lesions, high-risk genotypes are associated with ano-genital cancer. The aim of this study was to retrospectively analyse the prevalence, genotype distribution and temporal dynamics of...