Cervical screening and assessment of risk factors for human papilloma virus infections among women attending a tertiary care hospital

• Published in: International journal of health sciences pp. 7041 - 7049
• Main Authors: Prathyusha, M, Sheela, S. R
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 02.05.2022
• ISSN: 2550-6978; 2550-696X
• DOI: 10.53730/ijhs.v6nS1.6875

Aim: To assess the presence of HPV among women who were visiting gynaecological out patient department for any cervix related reason. Material and Methods: Cervical scrapings were collected using Cytobrush. Pap smear results were collected from the pathology department and Histopathological confirmation for high grade lesions was also collected. PCR has been performed to look for the presence/absence of HPV DNA in all the samples by using MY09/11 primers. Results: Risk factors responsible for acquiring HPV infection were examined. Out of 60 Cytobrushes samples 32 samples had squamous intra epithelial lesions, out of which 16 were again Histopathologically confirmed as malignant cases. Chronic cervicitis were seen in 16 samples. Whereas, 8 were inflammatory smears and 20 were Negative for Intraepithelial Lesions. Only 16 HPV positives were confirmed by PCR. Conclusion: This study showed the incidence of HPV is very low in contrast to other studies in India. No awareness of HPV infections has been found in our region either. However, these findings could have important connection in the prevention of cervical cancer.