Genotypic prevalence of human papillomavirus infection during normal pregnancy: A cross-sectional study

• Published in: The journal of obstetrics and gynaecology research Vol. 40; no. 1; pp. 200 - 207
• Main Authors: Kim, Yun Hwan, Park, Joong Shin, Norwitz, Errol R., Park, Jeong Woo, Kim, Sun Min, Lee, Seung Mi, Park, Chan-Wook, Kim, Byoung Jae, Koo, Ja Nam, Oh, Ig Hwan, Song, Yong Sang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Australia Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.01.2014
• Subjects: Adult; Cervical cancer; Cervix Uteri - virology; Cohort Studies; Cross-Sectional Studies; Female; genotype; Hospitals, Urban; Human papillomavirus; Humans; Middle Aged; Molecular Typing; Outpatient Clinics, Hospital; Papillomaviridae - classification; Papillomaviridae - isolation & purification; Papillomavirus Infections - epidemiology; Papillomavirus Infections - virology; Pregnancy; Pregnancy Complications, Infectious - epidemiology; Pregnancy Complications, Infectious - virology; Pregnancy Trimester, Second; Prevalence; Reproductive Tract Infections - epidemiology; Reproductive Tract Infections - virology; Republic of Korea - epidemiology; risk factor; Young Adult; Republic of Korea; prevalence; risk factor; human papillomavirus; pregnancy; genotype

Aim Genital human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is a necessary factor in most cases of cervical cancer, but malignant transformation requires the presence of additional cofactors such as pregnancy. Little is known about the effect of pregnancy on genital HPV carriage. We therefore analyzed the prev...