| a comparative profile of the prevalence and age distribution of human papillomavirus type 16/18 infections among three states of india with focus on northeast india. | human papillomavirus (hpv) dna in cervical scrape samples of married women from manipur (n= 692) and sikkim (n= 415) in northeast india was determined and compared with that of women from west bengal (n= 1112) in eastern india by polymerase chain reaction. hpv prevalence was lower in manipur (7.4%) than in sikkim (12.5%), which was closely followed by west bengal (12.9%). hpv18 was predominant in manipur (2.03%) and strikingly lower (0.2%) in sikkim and west bengal (0.9%), while the reverse was ... | 2007 | 17291240 |