HPV epidemiologic study in Bengbu, China, involving 123,808 women, 2014–2023
Xiaowen Hu, Manman Zhu, Liqun Wang, Kang Yang, Tao Xu, Yu He · 2026
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Xiaowen Hu and five colleagues mapped HPV infection across more than one hundred twenty thousand women screened in Bengbu, northern Anhui, over a decade, published in 2026. Persistent infection with high-risk types causes most cervical cancer, and type patterns vary by region, so local data shape screening and vaccine choices. The team genotyped cervical samples collected at one teaching hospital.
About one woman in seven carried a high-risk type, and overall infection across twenty-eight genotypes ran higher. Infection peaked twice across life, among women under twenty-five and again near age sixty to sixty-four. Prevalence climbed in 2016 and 2017, fell back, and ticked up again by 2023. Type 16 led, followed by 52 and 58, and most positive women carried a single type. Older age raised risk for eight high-risk types even as most types faded over time. The authors offer it as the region's baseline for prevention planning.
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| CREATOR | Xiaowen Hu, Manman Zhu, Liqun Wang, Kang Yang, Tao Xu, Yu He |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 54822 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |