Gynecology & Obstetrics
Open Access
ISSN: 2161-0932
ISSN: 2161-0932
Fadahunsi OO
Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital,
Ile Ife
Nigeria
Research Article
Prevalence of High Risk Oncogenic Human Papillomavirus Types in Cervical Smears of Women Attending Well Woman Clinic in Ile Ife, Nigeria
Author(s): Fadahunsi OO, Omoniyi-Esan GO, Banjo AAF, Esimai OA, Osiagwu D, Clement F, Adeteye OV, Bejide RA and Iyiola SFadahunsi OO, Omoniyi-Esan GO, Banjo AAF, Esimai OA, Osiagwu D, Clement F, Adeteye OV, Bejide RA and Iyiola S
This study is aimed at estimating the prevalence of cervical infection with High risk Human Papillomavirus (HRHPV) in cervical smears of women attending the Well Woman Clinic of the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complex, Ile-Ife. This is a community based clinic where women are screened for cervical, breast and other female related diseases.
This is a prospective cross-sectional observational study. Information was obtained through personal interviews using structured questionnaire. Cervical samples were collected from 118 consenting women visiting the clinic during the study period. Conventional Pap smear was obtained and smear results were classified using Bethesda classification, 2001.
HPV DNA was detected using the hybribio 21 HPV Geno array test kit which uses Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR), amplification and flow through hybridization.
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DOI:
10.4172/2161-0932.1000185