High-risk human papillomavirus infection and abnormal cervical cytology among Nepali and Bhutanese refugee women living in eastern Nepal

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• 作者：Madhav P. Bhatta ; Derek C. Johnson ; Mingma Lama ; Shilu Aryal…
• 关键词：High ; risk human papillomavirus ; Abnormal cervical cytology ; Nepal ; Bhutanese refugee ; Risk factors ; Spousal migration
• 刊名：BMC Infectious Diseases
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：December 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：17
• 期：1
• 全文大小：397KB
• 刊物主题：Infectious Diseases; Parasitology; Medical Microbiology; Tropical Medicine; Internal Medicine;
• 出版者：BioMed Central
• ISSN：1471-2334
• 卷排序：17

文摘

BackgroundCervical cancer is the leading cause of cancer morbidity and mortality among women in Nepal and Bhutan. Data on high-risk human papillomavirus (HR-HPV) infection and cervical abnormalities among Nepali and Bhutanese women are sparse. The objectives of this study were to assess and compare the prevalence of HR-HPV infection and cervical abnormalities among Nepali and Bhutanese women living in Jhapa District in eastern Nepal; and examine the risk factors for HR-HPV infection and cervical abnormalities in those women.