Genital human papillomaviruses among women of reproductive age in Jamaica

Genital human papillomaviruses among women of reproductive age in Jamaica.

OBJECTIVE To characterize the prevalence and distribution of genital human papillomavirus (HPV) types among women in Jamaica, and to explore risk factors associated with HPV infection. METHODS This was a cross-sectional study that took place in April-July 2010 with 852 sexually-active women, 16-49 years of age, who had attended a selected public or private primary health clinic in one of Jama...

O-17: Female Genital Mutilation: A Curse or Blessing among Women of Reproductive Age in Nigeria

Background: Female genital mutilation (FGM) practice is mostly carried out by traditional circumcisers, who often play other central roles in communities, such as attending childbirths. Increasingly, FGM is also performed by health care providers. However, FGM is recognized internationally as a violation of the human rights of girls and women. The study investigates a broad cross-cultural study...

Biology of genital human papillomaviruses

Phylogenetic incongruence among oncogenic genital alpha human papillomaviruses.

The human papillomaviruses (HPVs) have long been thought to follow a monophyletic pattern of evolution with little if any evidence for recombination between genomes. On the basis of this model, both oncogenicity and tissue tropism appear to have evolved once. Still, no systematic statistical analyses have shown whether monophyly is the rule across all HPV open reading frames (ORFs). We conducte...

Predictors of Enrolment in the National Health Insurance Scheme Among Women of Reproductive Age in Nigeria

Background Despite the implementation of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) since 2005 in Nigeria, the level of health insurance coverage remains low. The study aims to examine the predictors of enrolment in the NHIS among women of reproductive age in Nigeria.   Methods Secondary data from the 2013 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS) were utilized to ex...