Abstract
Cervical cancer is still a major health problem in Tunisia and over the world. HPV infection may induce malignant transformation of lesions, especially in case of colonization by oncogenic HPV genotypes. Early detection of viral genome by molecular biology in women with normal cytology in cervical screening test (CST) can be a part of a screening policy to improve cancer prevention. Our aim was to evaluate HPV prevalence and genotype distribution in routine CST.
Highlights
Cervical cancer is still a major health problem in Tunisia and over the world
BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 2):P95. It was a prospective study conducted over a six month period (2012, January to June). 665 women were screened by an examination of the cervix, a cervical screening test and a detection of the HPV DNA by PCR
This detection of the high oncogenic risk HPV was made from the cytobrush that was used for the spreading of the cervix cells
Summary
Cervical cancer is still a major health problem in Tunisia and over the world. HPV infection may induce malignant transformation of lesions, especially in case of colonization by oncogenic HPV genotypes. Detection of viral genome by molecular biology in women with normal cytology in cervical screening test (CST) can be a part of a screening policy to improve cancer prevention. Our aim was to evaluate HPV prevalence and genotype distribution in routine CST. Published: 23 May 2014 doi:10.1186/1471-2334-14-S2-P95 Cite this article as: Mrabet et al.: Prevalence of Human Papilloma Virus in Tunisia.
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