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Human Papillomavirus Screening in North Indian Women
Author(s) -
Saumya Pandey,
Malvika Mishra,
Chandrawati Chandrawati
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
asian pacific journal of cancer prevention
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.512
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 2476-762X
pISSN - 1513-7368
DOI - 10.7314/apjcp.2012.13.6.2643
Subject(s) - medicine , cervical cancer , hpv infection , genotyping , population , gynecology , incidence (geometry) , obstetrics , etiology , cervical screening , human papillomavirus , viral load , cancer , oncology , immunology , genotype , virus , environmental health , biology , biochemistry , physics , optics , gene
Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the major etiological agent of cervical cancer, a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in women worldwide. Screening strategies for reducing the burden of HPV-mediated carcinogenesis are emerging as an effective means for cervical cancer control and prevention in developing countries. Our study, therefore, aimed to identify HPV infection status in North Indian women during random population screening.

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