Higher prevalence of human papillomavirus infection in adolescent and young adult girls belonging to different Indian tribes with varied socio-sexual lifestyle

K Sharma, A Kathait, A Jain, K Kujur, S Raghuwanshi… - PLoS …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Background Despite high prevalence of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and cervical
cancer in Indian women, no study has been done in tribal populations whose socio-sexual …

Prevalence of human papillomavirus infection in a Kashmiri ethnic female population

A Asiaf, ST Ahmad, MA Zargar, SM Mufti… - Genetic Testing and …, 2012 - liebertpub.com
Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is estimated to be the most common sexually
transmitted infection and is one of the causal factors in cervical cancer. Understanding the …

Differences in age-specific HPV prevalence between self-collected and health personnel collected specimen in a cross-sectional study in Ghana

AK Awua, RMK Adanu, EK Wiredu, EA Afari… - Infectious Agents and …, 2017 - Springer
Background HPV infections are ubiquitous and particularly common among sexually active
young women. However, there are regional and national variations in age-specific HPV …

[HTML][HTML] Determination and evaluation of HR-HPV genotype in different communities of Bihar, India

A Parwez, S Singh, R Kumar, R Kumari… - … Journal of Health …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objective: Human papillomavirus (HPV)-associated uteri cervix carcinoma continues to be
the 2 nd highest cause of death among women in India. This study aims to identify the mode …

Acquisition, prevalence and clearance of type-specific human papillomavirus infections in young sexually active Indian women: A community-based multicentric cohort …

R Muwonge, P Basu, T Gheit, D Anantharaman… - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
In context of the ongoing multi-centric HPV vaccine study in India, unvaccinated married
women (N= 1484) aged 18–23 years were recruited in 2012–2015 as age-matched controls …

Prevalence of cervical human papillomavirus infection in healthy women is related to sexual behaviours and educational level: a cross-sectional study

SK Tay, LLE Oon - International journal of STD & AIDS, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
This study reports the prevalence and risk factors of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection in
healthy women in Singapore. Demography, education, sexual and reproductive history and …

Risk factors for high-risk human papillomavirus detection among HIV-negative and HIV-positive women from Tanzania

M Dartell, V Rasch, C Munk, C Kahesa… - Sexually transmitted …, 2013 - journals.lww.com
Background Human papillomavirus (HPV) is one of the most common sexually transmitted
infections worldwide. The prevalence is dependent on several known factors notably sexual …

High prevalence and incidence of human papillomavirus in a cohort of healthy young African female subjects

D Watson-Jones, K Baisley, J Brown… - Sexually transmitted …, 2013 - sti.bmj.com
Objectives We measured the prevalence and incidence of human papillomavirus (HPV)
infection in young female subjects recruited for a safety and immunogenicity trial of the …

Prevalence of vaginal HPV infection among adolescent and early adult girls in Jos, North-Central Nigeria

NT Cosmas, L Nimzing, D Egah, A Famooto… - BMC Infectious …, 2022 - Springer
Purpose Knowledge of the prevalence of HPV infection among adolescent and early adult
girls is essential to determining the best age for the introduction of HPV vaccine, monitoring …

Assessment of high-risk human papillomavirus infections using clinician-and self-collected cervical sampling methods in rural women from far western Nepal

DC Johnson, MP Bhatta, JS Smith, MC Kempf… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Introduction Nepal has one of the highest cervical cancer rates in South Asia. Only a few
studies in populations from urban areas have investigated type specific distribution of …