Prevalence and sociodemographic correlates of cervicovaginal human papillomavirus (HPV) carriage in a cross-sectional, multiethnic, community-based female Asian population

• Main Authors: Khoo, Su Pei, Bhoo-Pathy, Nirmala, Yap, Siew Hwei, Anwar Shafii, Mohd Khairul, Hairizan Nasir, Nazrilla, Belinson, Jerome, Subramaniam, ShriDevi, Goh, Pik Pin, Zeng, Ming, Tan, Hong Dong, Gravitt, Patti, Woo, Yin Ling
• Format: Article
• Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2017
• Subjects: R Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/21608/; https://doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2017-053320
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

OBJECTIVES: Cervical cancer is a largely preventable disease, and the strategic implementation of a cervical cancer prevention programme is partly dependent on the impact of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection interpreted within the context of the country's sociodemographic attributes. The obj...