Prevalence of genital human papillomavirus infection and genotypes among women from Fujian province, PR China

Objective

The prevalence and distribution of oncogenic human papillomavirus (HPV) genotypes in women who underwent screening for cervical cancer in Fujian province, China, were assessed and the correlation of genotypes with the histological results was evaluated.

Study design

Cervical samples were collected from 2338 women for cervical cancer screening. Participants were screened by liquid-based cytology and HPV genotyping using DNA Chip and referred to colposcopy and biopsy samples for further analyses if cytology results indicated undetermined significance (ASCUS) or higher.

Results

The prevalent types with cervical intraepithelial neoplasia 1 (CIN 1) were HPV-52 (22.5%), HPV-16 (11.6%) and HPV-CP8304 (10.1%). The prevalent types with cervical intraepithelial neoplasia 2 or 3 (CIN2/3) were HPV-16 (24.5%), HPV-33 (21.6%), and HPV-52 (19.6%). The prevalent types with carcinoma, including squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) and adenocarcinoma (ADCA), were HPV-16 (42.7%), HPV-18 (20.8%) and HPV-33 (12.5%). Analysis by odds ratio (OR) revealed that HPV-66, -68, and -CP8304 (HPV-CP8304: OR, 7.34; 95% confidence interval (CI) = 3.73-14.46) were associated with CIN 1; HPV-52 was CIN 2/3-associated type (OR, 7.25; 95%CI = 4.19-12.53); HPV-16, -18, -31, -33, -45, -53, -58, and -59 were associated with carcinoma (HPV-45: OR, 54.78; 95%CI = 10.49-286.16).

Conclusion

It was concluded that HPV infection in Chinese women in Fujian province showed higher frequencies of HPV-52 and HPV-33. However, HPV-16 was still the most common type in CIN2/3 and carcinoma. HPV-16, -18, -31, -33, -45, -53, -58 and -59 have more dominant oncogenic risk over other types in this area.