Prevalence of Human Papilloma Virus in Tunisia

Cervical cancer is still a major health problem in Tunisia and over the world. HPV infection may induce malignant transformation of lesions, especially in case of colonization by oncogenic HPV genotypes. Early detection of viral genome by molecular biology in women with normal cytology in cervical screening test (CST) can be a part of a screening policy to improve cancer prevention. Our aim was to evaluate HPV prevalence and genotype distribution in routine CST.