Publications

colposcopy as a tool for detection of human papillomavirus infection of uterine cervix in the setting of high prevalence of gynaecologic infections.	a cross sectional study involving 257 women from the maternal and child health centre (mch) in delhi was initiated for screening clinically, cytologically, colposcopically, and microbiologically for several gynaecologic infections. eighty percent of the women had one or more gynaecologic infections and 31.1% had three or more infections. cytology revealed changes suggestive of condyloma in 3 (1.2%) women only, while colposcopic examination suggested hpv changes in 117 (45.5%) women. a very high ...	1996	9104055
chlamydia trachomatis and human papillomavirus infection in indian women with sexually transmitted diseases and cervical precancerous and cancerous lesions.	sexually transmitted diseases (stds) and anogenital cancers are the major health problems in indian women but no reliable estimate of the prevalence of either genital chlamydial infection or human papillomavirus (hpv) infection in std patients is available. the aim of this study was to detect the frequency of chlamydia trachomatis and the most prevalent high-risk hpv type 16 (hpv 16) infection in indian women, with stds and precancerous and cancerous lesions of the uterine cervix by polymerase c ...	2000	11168078
prevalence of high-risk human papillomavirus (hr-hpv) types 16 and 18 in healthy women with cytologically negative pap smear.	to study the prevalence of high-risk human papillomavirus (hr-hpv) types 16 and 18 in healthy women with negative pap smears in identifying women with underlying cervical squamous intra-epithelial (sil) lesions.	2005	15950365
p53 gene mutation and human papillomavirus (hpv) infection in esophageal carcinoma from three different endemic geographic regions of india.	infection of high-risk human papillomaviruses (hpvs), particularly the hpv types 16 and 18 and mutation or aberrant expression of the p53 tumour suppressor gene, has strongly been implicated in human esophageal carcinoma, which shows a great variation in geographic distribution. neither the reason(s) for such a variation nor the etiopathogenesis of the disease is clearly understood. the present study has been carried out to determine prevalence of high-risk hpv types 16 and 18 and the p53 gene m ...	2005	15639342
human papillomavirus type distribution in cervical cancer in delhi, india.	this hospital-based study in new delhi, north india was performed to evaluate the prevalence of human papillomavirus (hpv) in cases of invasive cervical carcinoma (icc). a total of 10 cases presenting with an obvious cervical growth were included in this study. 108 cases that was shown to be icc on histology (101 squamous cell carcinomas, 4 adenocarcinomas, and one neuroendocrine carcinoma) were included in the analysis. dna was extracted from tumor tissue and hpv genotype was determined by a co ...	2006	16990719
region-wise distribution of high-risk human papillomavirus types in squamous cell carcinomas of the cervix in india.	assessment of the prevalence and type distribution of human papillomavirus (hpv) in squamous cell carcinomas (scc) of the cervix across india was undertaken to estimate the impact of available prophylactic hpv-l1 vaccines in the country and to find out additional types that might be needed to be incorporated in second-generation vaccines.	2010	20683415
prevalence of human papillomavirus infection among young women in north india.	the number of women infected with human papillomavirus (hpv) and the distribution of the hpv genotypes vary across populations and with age.	2010	20153993
Human papillomavirus infection among young adolescents in India: Impact of vaccination.	High-risk human papillomaviruses (HR-HPVs) are the causative agents of cervical cancer and prophylactic HPV vaccination has been recommended for adolescents but no data are available on the prevalence of HPV infection among adolescents in India. Self-collected midstream urine samples from 940 healthy school children, aged 8-17 years, from 12 different schools in and around Noida and Delhi, India, were collected for HPV detection by PCR. Of 458 girls, 15 (3.2%) were positive for HPV and 10 (66.6% ...	2012	22170551
perception of human papillomavirus infection, cervical cancer and hpv vaccination in north indian population.	human papillomavirus (hpv) -associated cervical cancer is the second-most common cancer in women worldwide but it is the most frequent gynaecological cancer and cancer associated death in india women. the objective of this study was to assess knowledge about cervical cancer, hpv, hpv vaccine, hpv vaccine acceptance among school and undergraduates students and their parent's perception about acceptance of hpv vaccine in northern part of india (delhi and ncr regions).	2014	25386964