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Lee, Jeong, Park, Seong, Shin, Choi, Kim, and Lee: Prevalence of Human Papillomavirus Genotypes in Routine Pap Smear of 2,562 Korean Women Determined by PCR-DNA Sequencing

Abstract

The infections by human papillomaviruses (HPVs) are clearly associated with the subsequent development of cervical cancer. In this study, HPV genotype distribution and prevalence were detected in Korean women from January to December 2008 using PCR-DNA sequencing. A total of 2,562 cervical samples from Korean women having routine Pap smear cytology screening were used. HPV DNA was extracted from cervical swab samples and amplified by PCR in L1 region of HPV. HPV DNA was detected in 23.2% and 65.5% from the groups of normal and abnormal Pap cytology, respectively. The prevalence of high-risk types of HPV had the highest frequency in the <30 year-olds' group (50.6%). The prevalence of HPV in normal, ASCUS, LSIL and HSIL groups was 23.2%, 58.1%, 96.3% and 97.0%, respectively. Moreover, the frequencies of the high-risk types of HPV were 16.2% in the normal Pap cytology, 44.7% in the ASCUS, 76.1% in the LSIL and 94.1% in the HSIL groups. The prevalence of the high-risk types of HPV increased in proportion to the severity of the cytological classification. In the HSIL group, HPV type 16 was the most frequently found at 32.4%, followed by types 58, 53 and 33 at 17.6%, 14.7% and 11.8%, respectively. HPV type 82 was found in 5.6% of the HSIL group and was not detected in the normal Pap cytology group. The frequency of high-risk type of HPV 82 is firstly reported in Korean women. This finding could be an informative basis for the development of future HPV vaccination strategies in Korean women.

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Figure 1.
Distribution of carcinogenic HPV types in cytological normal women and abnormal women, including ASCUS, LSIL and HSIL, respectively.
∗ ASCUS: atypical squamous cells undetermined significance, LSIL: low–grade squamous intraepithelial lesion, HSIL: high–grade squamous intraepithelial lesion.
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Table 1.
Age distribution and prevalence of high- or low-risk HPVs in Koreans
  >30 years 31~40 years 41~50 years >50 years
High-risk types HPVa 37.8% (220/582) 31.3% (271/867) 29.8% (207/699) 23.0% (85/369)
Low-risk types HPVb 10.3% (60/582) 5.4% (47/867) 5.6% (39/699) 7.9% (29/369)
Uncharacterized 2.6% (15/582) 2.4% (21/867) 2.0% (14/699) 3.0% (11/369)
Total % of HPV 50.6% (295/582) 39.1% (339/867) 37.4% (261/699) 34.7% (125/369)

a High-risk types of HPV: 16, 18, 26, 30,31, 33, 35, 39, 45, 51, 52, 53, 56, 58, 59, 66, 68, 73, 82

b Low-risk types of HPV: 6, 11, 22, 32, 34, 40, 42, 43, 44, 54, 61, 62, 72, 81

Table 2.
Type-specific HPV prevalence determined by PCR-sequencing in normal and abnormal cytology groups
  Pap-normal Pap-abnormal ASCUS LSIL HSIL Total P value
n % n % n % n % N % n %
Total No 1529 59.7 1033 40.3 836 32.6 163 6.4 34 1.3 2562 100 <0.05
Any type 355 23.2 676 65.5 486 58.1 157 96.3 33 97.0 1031 40.2
High risk types of HPV (Carcinogenic types)
16a 60 3.9 143 13.8 95 11.4 37 22.7 11 32.4 203 7.9 <0.05
18 19 1.2 31 3.0 27 3.2 3 1.8 1 2.9 50 2.0 cNS
26 1 0.1 2 0.2 2 0.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 3 0.1 NS
30 0 0.0 3 0.3 1 0.1 2 1.2 0 0.0 3 0.1 NS
31 3 0.2 17 1.6 14 1.7 3 1.8 0 0.0 20 0.8 NS
33a 1 0.1 28 2.7 19 2.3 5 3.1 4 11.8 29 1.1 <0.05
35 14 0.9 20 1.9 14 1.7 6 3.7 0 0.0 34 1.3 NS
39 1 0.1 13 1.3 12 1.4 1 0.6 0 0.0 14 0.5 NS
51 9 0.6 22 2.1 14 1.7 7 4.3 1 2.9 31 1.2 NS
52a 40 2.6 73 7.1 56 6.7 12 7.4 5 14.7 113 4.4 <0.05
53 19 1.2 35 3.4 27 3.2 8 4.9 0 0.0 54 2.1 NS
56 16 1.0 29 2.8 19 2.3 9 5.5 1 2.9 45 1.8 NS
58a 38 2.5 60 5.8 43 5.1 11 6.7 6 17.6 98 3.8 <0.05
59 1 0.1 8 0.8 6 0.7 2 1.2 0 0.0 9 0.4 NS
66 8 0.5 19 1.8 9 1.1 9 5.5 1 2.9 27 1.1 NS
68 18 1.2 18 1.7 12 1.4 6 3.7 0 0.0 36 1.4 NS
82a 0 0.0 9 0.9 4 0.5 3 1.8 2 5.9 9 0.4 <0.05
subtotal 248 16.2 530 51.3 374 44.7 124 76.1 32 94.1 778 30.4 b<0.0001
Low risk types of HPV                          
6 10 0.7 7 0.7 2 0.2 5 3.1 0 0.0 17 0.7 NS
11 1 0.1 4 0.4 1 0.1 3 1.8 0 0.0 5 0.2 NS
32 2 0.1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 3 0.1 NS
34 2 0.1 4 0.4 4 0.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 6 0.2 NS
40 2 0.1 2 0.2 2 0.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 4 0.2 NS
42 0 0.0 4 0.4 2 0.2 2 1.2 0 0.0 4 0.2 NS
43 0 0.0 9 0.9 8 1.0 1 0.6 0 0.0 9 0.4 NS
54 14 0.9 7 0.7 6 0.7 0 0.0 1 2.9 21 0.8 NS
61 12 0.8 16 1.5 12 1.4 4 2.5 0 0.0 28 1.1 NS
62 16 1.0 17 1.6 13 1.6 4 2.5 0 0.0 33 1.3 NS
70 21 1.4 19 1.8 15 1.8 4 2.5 0 0.0 40 1.6 NS
Low risk types of HPV                          
81 3 0.2 8 0.8 6 0.7 2 1.2 0 0.0 11 0.4 NS
84 2 0.1 3 0.3 3 0.4 0 0.0 0 0.0 5 0.2 NS
subtotal 85 5.6 101 9.8 75 9.0 25 15.3 1 2.9 186 7.3 NS
Uncharacterized 22 1.4 45 4.4 37 4.4 8 4.9 0 0.0 67 2.6  

Note: ASCUS; atypical squamous cells undetermined significance, LSIL; low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion, HSIL; high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion.

a : P value was observed between normal cytology group and HSIL group. Five high-risk types of HPV (HPV-16, 33, 52, 58, 82) were statistically significant between two groups.

b : Positive rate of high risk type of HPV of HSIL is statistically significant than normal cytology group (p < 0.0001).

c : NS: non significant

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