Factors associated with establishment-based female sex workers accessing health care services in Shanghai.

Female sex workers are a priority population for HIV prevention and health promotion in China. This paper examines the patterns of and factors associated with the utilisation of HIV-related and general health services by establishment-based sex workers in Hongkou District, Shanghai. Participants were recruited through a three-stage sampling strategy and invited to self-complete a brief survey in 2012.

Molecular epidemiology of measles virus infection in Shanghai in 2000-2012: the first appearance of genotype D8.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify measles virus in Shanghai in 2012 and study the genotype trend of measles virus epidemic strains during 2000-2012.

Methods: Nose and throat swab specimens were collected from 34 suspected measles cases in Shanghai. Measles virus was isolated using Vero-SLAM cells (African green monkey kidney cells/lymphoid signal activating factor-transfected African green monkey kidney cells).

[Genetic characterization of the isolates of measles viruses in Hongkou district of Shanghai, China in 2012].

Objective: To ascertain the genotype of measles viruses isolated in 2012 and genetic characterization of measles viruses in Hongkou district of Shanghai during 2000-2012.

Methods: Measles virus was isolated from throat swab specimens collected from suspected measles cases and 450 bp fragment of C terminus on nucleoprotein (N) gene was amplified by RT-PCR. Sequence analysis was conducted to ascertain the genotype and to compare the difference of nucleotide with other measles virus strain announced by GenBank during 2000-2012.

Prevalence of type-specific human papillomavirus and pap results in Chinese women: a multi-center, population-based cross-sectional study.

Purpose: To estimate the burden of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection among sexually active women in China.

Methods: We conducted a multi-center, population-based study between May 2006 and April 2007. A total of 4,215 women aged 17-54 years were surveyed from five geographical sites: Beijing, Shanghai, Shanxi, Henan, and Xinjiang.

Single nucleotide polymorphisms in DNA repair genes and risk of cervical cancer: A case-control study.

In this report, we describe a case control study in a Chinese population aimed at identifying possible associations between susceptibility to cervical cancer and single nucleotide polymorphisms in XRCC1 194C>T, XRCC1 280G>A, XRCC1 399G>A, ERCC2 751A>C, ERCC2 156C>A, ERCC1 118C>T, PARP1 762T>C, RAD51 135G>C and HER2 655A>G. The cases comprised 154 patients: 80 cervical squamous cell carcinomas (SCCs), 2 adenocarcinomas and 72 cervical intraepithelial neoplasias (CINs). A total of 177 healthy women were recruited as the controls.