TY - JOUR
T1 - Prevalence of human papillomavirus (HPV) among college going girls using self collected urine samples from Tiruchirappalli, Tamilnadu
AU - Thilagavathi, A.
AU - Shanmughapriya, S.
AU - Vinodhini, K.
AU - Das, B. C.
AU - Natarajaseenivasan, K.
N1 - Funding Information:
KNS greatly acknowledge Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), New-Delhi for the financial support in order to carry out this study (No. 5/13/88/06 -NCD –III). We remain thankful to the Vice-Chancellor, Bharathidasan University for provision of facilities.
PY - 2012/12
Y1 - 2012/12
N2 - Purpose: The study aimed to identify the status of HPV infection among young sexually unexposed girls from Tiruchriapalli district, Tamilnadu, India. Methods: The distribution of HPV genotypes was evaluated by PCR DNA genotyping after self sampling from 246 study subjects. Results: Positivity for HPV DNA was reported among 9.2 % of the study subjects. The most frequently detected HPV type was HPV 16 (0.8 %) followed by HPV 11 (0.4 %). Conclusion: Our results suggest that the age did not seem to be a cofactor for HPV infection and nevertheless, sexual intercourse is an important factor for HPV infection. Moreover, these results demonstrate that HPV detection performed in self collected samples may be important to appraise better preventive strategies and monitor the influence of vaccination programmes within the population.
AB - Purpose: The study aimed to identify the status of HPV infection among young sexually unexposed girls from Tiruchriapalli district, Tamilnadu, India. Methods: The distribution of HPV genotypes was evaluated by PCR DNA genotyping after self sampling from 246 study subjects. Results: Positivity for HPV DNA was reported among 9.2 % of the study subjects. The most frequently detected HPV type was HPV 16 (0.8 %) followed by HPV 11 (0.4 %). Conclusion: Our results suggest that the age did not seem to be a cofactor for HPV infection and nevertheless, sexual intercourse is an important factor for HPV infection. Moreover, these results demonstrate that HPV detection performed in self collected samples may be important to appraise better preventive strategies and monitor the influence of vaccination programmes within the population.
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U2 - 10.1007/s00404-012-2500-6
DO - 10.1007/s00404-012-2500-6
M3 - Article
C2 - 22886326
AN - SCOPUS:84877624458
SN - 0932-0067
VL - 286
SP - 1483
EP - 1486
JO - Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics
JF - Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics
IS - 6
ER -