ArticleFrontiers in oncology2014
Human Papillomavirus Infection and Cervical Neoplasia among Migrant Women Living in Italy.
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- Drivers of human papillomavirus vaccine uptake in migrant populations and interventions to improve coverage: a systematic review and meta-analysis.The Lancet. Public health · 2025Pooled it
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- Human Papillomavirus Infection and Cervical Cytology Among Vulnerable Women in Rome, Italy.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Incidence and survival of vulvar and vaginal cancers in a province of Northern Italy: a population-based study.Gynecologic oncology reports · 2025Article
- Cancer Incidence in Migrants in Australia: Patterns of Three Infection-Related Cancers.Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology · 2022Article
- Comparison of cervical cancer screening by self-sampling papillomavirus test versus pap-smear in underprivileged women in France.BMC women's health · 2021Article
- High Prevalence of Cervical High-Risk Human Papillomavirus Harboring Atypical Genotypes in Human Immunodeficiency Virus -Infected and -Uninfected First-Generation Adult Immigrant Women Originating from Sub-Saharan Africa and Living in France.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2021Article
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- Knowledge, Attitudes and Perceptions about Cervical Cancer Risk, Prevention and Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) in Vulnerable Women in Greece.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Immigration, screening, and cervical cancer incidence: an application of Age-Period-Cohort analysis.European journal of cancer prevention : the official journal of the European Cancer Prevention Organisation (ECP) · 2019Article
- Hospitalizations for cancer in international migrants versus local population in Chile.Revista de saude publica · 2018Article
- Migrant and refugee populations: a public health and policy perspective on a continuing global crisis.Antimicrobial resistance and infection control · 2018Review
- Spousal migration and human papillomavirus infection among women in rural western Nepal.International health · 2016Article
- Participation and risk of high grade cytological lesions among immigrants and Italian-born women in an organized cervical cancer screening program in Central Italy.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2015Article
- Editorial: HPV-Associated Cancers, Socio-Economic Disparity, and Vaccination.Frontiers in oncology · 2015Article
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Abstract
Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is highly prevalent in women migrating from countries where cervical screening is not implemented. The variety of HPV genotypes, their prevalence and the association with cervical abnormalities has been investigated by several groups in women moving mainly from Eastern Europe, Africa, and Southern Asia to Italy. All studies are concordant on the elevated rate of HPV infection among immigrants, which is four times higher than that observed among age-matched Italian women. The HPV prevalence among short-term migrants and characterization of viral variants showed that the high prevalence of HPV reflects either individual lifestyle or high prevalence of HPV in the country of origin. The high burden of HPV infection correlates very well with the high incidence of cervical cancer in migrant women. In fact, during the years 2000-2004 the cervical cancer incidence in women from Central and Eastern Europe and living in Central Italy was 38.3 per 100,000, which is statistically significant higher than that of native Italian women (6 per 100,000). In this study, we pooled together the results of three independent studies originally designed to assess the distribution and the prevalence of HPV genotypes among 499 immigrant women living in Southern Italy. A total of 39 mucosal HPV genotypes were identified. The 12 genotypes (HPV16, 18, 31, 33, 35, 39, 45, 51, 52, 56, 58, and 59) classified as carcinogenic to humans (group 1) accounted for >80% of all infections. HPV16 was the most common viral type in all groups with frequency rates ranging from 15.4% in Africa to 51.1% in Eastern and Southern European HPV-positive women. The high prevalence of oncogenic HPVs and cervical cancer risk among migrant women, together with the lower participation in screening programs, demands for an urgent implementation of preventive strategies to increase screening and vaccine coverage and viral monitoring of uncommon HPV genotypes potential spreading in settled population.
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