Prevalence of high-risk HPV and associated risk factors in cases of cervical carcinoma in Tamil Nadu, India.

Objective: To assess the prevalence of HPV infection among women with cervical cancer in Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu, India.

Methods: A case-control study was conducted with 246 women with cervical cancer and 257 control participants aged between 20 and 70 years. The presence of HPV DNA was determined using the MY09/11 PCR protocol, the GP5(+)/6(+) PCR protocol, and type-specific PCR-based assays.