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ArticleInfectious agents and cancer2018

Human papillomavirus genotype distribution in cervical cancer biopsies from Nepalese women.

Sunil Kumar Sah, Joaquin V González, Sadina Shrestha, Anurag Adhikari, Krishna Das Manandhar, Shyam Babu Yadav, David A Stein, Birendra Prasad Gupta, María Alejandra Picconi

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Article in Infectious agents and cancer, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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Sunil Kumar Sah *1B. P. Koirala Memorial Cancer Hospital, Bharatpur, Chitwan Nepal.
Joaquin V González *2Oncogenic Viruses Laboratory, National Institute of Infectious Diseases-ANLIS "Dr. Malbrán", Av. Velez Sarsfield 563, C1282AFF Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Sadina Shrestha1B. P. Koirala Memorial Cancer Hospital, Bharatpur, Chitwan Nepal.
Anurag AdhikariKathmandu Research Institute for Biological Sciences, Lalitpur, Nepal.
Krishna Das Manandhar6Central Department of Biotechnology, Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal.
Shyam Babu Yadav5Department of Health Service, Ministry of Health, Government of Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal.
David A Stein7Department of Biomedical Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, USA.
Birendra Prasad Gupta6Central Department of Biotechnology, Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal.
María Alejandra Picconi2Oncogenic Viruses Laboratory, National Institute of Infectious Diseases-ANLIS "Dr. Malbrán", Av. Velez Sarsfield 563, C1282AFF Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCervical cancer (CC) is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality from cancer in Nepalese women. Nearly all cases of CC are caused by infection with certain genotypes of human papillomavirus (HPV). Data on HPV genotype distribution in Nepalese CC patients is sparse. We aimed to determine the distribution of HPV genotypes in biopsies of CC tissue from Nepalese women.

methodsThis study examined 248 archived paraffin-embedded tissue specimens from CC cases from patients of B.P. Koirala Memorial Cancer Hospital, Bharatpur, Chitwan, Nepal. DNA was extracted from the biopsies and HPV detection performed by PCR. HPV genotyping was then carried out by a reverse line hybridization technique capable of identifying 36 distinct HPV genotypes.

resultsMost of the samples were from tumors that had been designated by hospital pathologists as squamous cell carcinoma (77.6%). 165 of the 248 samples contained DNA of sufficient quality for rigorous PCR testing. All the analyzable specimens were positive for HPV. The most common HPV genotypes, in decreasing order of frequency were 16, 18, 45, 33, 52, 56 and 31; most were found as single infections (94.5%). Together, HPV types 16, 18, and 45 were found in 92% of the tumor samples.

conclusionThis study strengthens the knowledge-base of HPV genotype distribution in CC cases in Nepal. Hopefully, this information will be useful to the medical community and public health policy-makers in generating improved HPV-surveillance, -prevention and -treatment strategies in Nepal.

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Cervical cancerHPV genotypingHuman papillomavirusNepal

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