Article
Prevalence and genotype screening of human papillomavirus among women attending a private hospital in Northern Cyprus: an 11-year retrospective study.
BMC women's health - 3 Jun 2023
Baddal Buket, Oktay Makbule Naz, Bostanci Aysegul, Yenen Mufit Cemal
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the most common sexually transmitted pathogen both in men and women. Accumulating epidemiological evidence supports a strong association between HPV infection and cancer of the cervix, vulva, vagina, anus, and penis. Currently, data on the HPV prevalence and genotyping is lacking in Northern Cyprus, a region in which HPV vaccination is not freely accessible via the...
Topics
- Pregnancy
- Female
- Humans
- Human Papillomavirus Viruses
- Papillomavirus Infections
- Uterine Cervical Neoplasms
- Retrospective Studies
- Cyprus
- Prevalence
- Papillomaviridae
- Human papillomavirus 16
