title: Prevalence of human papillomavirus (HPV) among college going girls using self collected urine samples from Tiruchirappalli, Tamilnadu.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  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%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  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.
authors.affiliation: Medical Microbiology Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, 620024, India.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Thilagavathi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shanmughapriya
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Vinodhini
authors.forename: B C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Das
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Natarajaseenivasan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000652:urine; D005260:Female; D052140:Human papillomavirus 11 / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D052162:Human papillomavirus 16 / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D030361:Papillomavirus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000652:urine / Q000821:virology; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D015995:Prevalence; D012746:Sexual Abstinence; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral