Abstract:
Objective This study aims to investigate the distribution of human papillomavirus (HPV) subtypes in Guangxi cervical cancer patients and to provide theoretical bases for research on Guangxi HPV vaccine.
Methods A total of 21 subtypes of HPV from 515 cervical cancer cases in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous region were detected using flow-through hybridization and gene chip technology.The viral loads of HPV16, HPV18, and HPV58 from 50, 48, and 41 patients, respectively, were examined by quantitative fluorescence PCR.
Results 1) Among the 515 cervical cancer cases, 473 (91.84%) were HPV positive. The positive rate of HPV16 was the highest (81.40%), followed by HPV18 (10.15%) and then HPV58 (8.67%). The top five HPV subtypes in Guangxi cervical cancer patients were HPV16, HPV18, HPV58, HPV52, and HPV31. 2) The viral load geometric means of HPV16, HPV18, and HPV58 were 2.3985, 0.0173, and 0.0381, respectively. The viral load geometric mean of HPV16 was significantly higher than that of HPV18 and HPV58 (P < 0.05). However, no significant difference in the viral load geometric mean was found between HPV18 and HPV58 (P>0.05).
Conclusion The positive rate of HPV is very high in the Guangxi region. The positive rate of HPV16 is the highest, followed by HPVl8 and then HPV58. The positive rate and average viral load of HPV16 were both higher than those of HPV18 and HPV58. Thus, a relationship between the high viral load and high positive rate of HPV may exist.