Prevalence and type-specific distribution of human papillomavirus infection among women in mid-western rural, Nepal- A population-based study

• Main Authors: Niresh Thapa, Muna Maharjan, Girishma Shrestha, Narayani Maharjan, Marcia A. Petrini, Na Zuo, Can He, Jing Yang, Mengfei Xu, Caiyun Ge, Ziye Song, Hongbing Cai
• Format: Journal
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Medicine
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=85050262470&origin=inward; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/58867
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

© 2018 The Author(s). Background: Cervical cancer is the most common cancer among women in Nepal. The prevalence of human papillomavirus (HPV) 16 and or HPV 18 among women with cervical pre-cancer and cancer is higher than the incidence of HPV in the world population. The population-based epidemiolo...