Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) prevalence and genotype distribution among women in Karachi, Pakistan
S. Maria Jilani, Angelika Iftner, Hana'a Iqbal, Atia Tul-Wahab, M. Iqbal Choudhary, Sharmeen Fayyaz, Tina M. Rehm, Thomas Iftner · 2026
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S. Maria Jilani and a joint team measured how common human papillomavirus infection is among women in Karachi, Pakistan, in a 2026 cross-sectional study. Data for Pakistan are thin, especially for women who have never been screened or vaccinated.
Between May 2022 and November 2023, 497 women gave cervical samples that were typed with a sensitive line probe test. Overall, 16.7 percent carried HPV, with high-risk types in 11.8 percent and the peak rate of 21.4 percent in women aged 25 to 34. HPV31 and HPV53 were the most frequent high-risk types at 1.2 percent each, ahead of HPV16 at 0.8 percent, and the low-risk type HPV6 also reached 1.2 percent. The authors argue the diverse high-risk burden supports organized HPV-based screening and a faster vaccine rollout in Pakistan.
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| CREATOR | S. Maria Jilani, Angelika Iftner, Hana'a Iqbal, Atia Tul-Wahab, M. Iqbal Choudhary, Sharmeen Fayyaz, Tina M. Rehm, Thomas Iftner |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 35866 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |