title: Human papillomavirus type distribution among women with cervical pathology - a study over 4 years at Jimma Hospital, southwest Ethiopia.
abstract: Over the period 1998-2001 women attending Jimma hospital (southwest Ethiopia) with cervical dysplasia were screened for human papillomavirus (HPV), identifying a prevalence of 67.1% in this population. High-risk HPV types 16 (55.7%), 18 (8.2%), 56 (8.2%), 45 (4.1%), 39 (2.5%), 52 (1.6%), 31 (1.6%), 35 (1.6%), 58 (0.8%), 33 (0.8%), 59 (0.8%) caused severe pathology as single/multiple infection. Strategies need to be envisioned for vaccinating children, young women prior to first sexual contact and preventive screening of HPV high-risk types.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences and Pathology, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bekele
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Baay
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Mekonnen
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Suleman
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chatterjee
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005002:Ethiopia / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D027383:Papillomaviridae / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D030361:Papillomavirus Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D014412:Tumor Virus Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D002578:Uterine Cervical Dysplasia / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*