Ang Tshering Sherpa|Gary M. Clifford|Salvatore Vaccarella|Sadhina Shrestha|Mari Nygård|Bijaya Karki|Peter J.F. Snijders|Chris J.L.M. Meijer|Silvia Franceschi
Human papillomavirus infection in women with and without cervical cancer in Nepal
KIST Medical College|International Agency For Research On Cancer|International Agency For Research On Cancer|B.P. Koirala Memorial Cancer Hospital|Cancer Registry of Norway|KIST Medical College|Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam|Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam|International Agency For Research On Cancer
cervical cancer common malignancy among nepalese women rational prevention measures informed epidemiological data human papillomavirus hpv prevalencecervical specimens obtained 932 married women aged 1559 years general population bharatpur nepal well 61 locally diagnosed invasive cervical cancers icc hpv detected using gp56 pcrbased assayamong general population overall prevalence hpv 86 61 highrisk types prevalence abnormal pap smears 36 including five highgrade squamous intraepithelial lesions residence slum housing lower education level 3 sexual partners womans lifetime husbands extramarital affairs significantly associated hpv positivity hpv prevalence relatively constant across age groups hpv16 common type among general population 19 among 54 women hpvpositive icc 685 hpv18 222 45 56 also common iccnepal intermediate burden hpv infection lower many areas india china approximately 80 cervical cancer nepal theoretically preventable hpv1618 vaccines meantime screenandtreat approaches encouraged overcome difficulties encountered recall women screeningpositive findings