Table 3.
The five most common HPV types among Congolese women with invasive cervical cancer in Southwestern Congo compared to the World, African regions, Europa and North America
| HPV position | Congo a | World b | Africa b | Europa b | North America b | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Africa | South Africa | Western Africa | |||||
| 1st | HPV16 (52.5%) | HPV16 (56.7%) | HPV16 (58.5%) | HPV16 (52.1%) | HPV16 (40.5%) | HPV16 (58.8%) | HPV16 (54.6%) |
| 2nd | HPV33 (28.8%) | HPV18 (15.9%) | NPV18 (19.9%) | HPV18 (10.7%) | HPV45 (13.7%) | HPV18 (16.3%) | HPV18 (17.1%) |
| 3nd | HPV18 (11.8%) | HPV33 (4.6%) | HPV45 (8.0%) | HPV33 (9.1%) | HPV18 (10.9%) | HPV33 (4.4%) | HPV31 (5.3%) |
| 4th | HPV31 (5.0%) | HPV45 (4.5%) | HPV31 (2.5%) | HPV31 (4.3%) | HPV58 (3.9%) | HPV45 (4.1%) | HPV45 (4.7%) |
| 5th | HPV35 (1.7%) | HPV58 (4.4%) | HPV33 (2.4%) | HPV45 (3.3%) | HPV33 (3.2%) | HPV31 (4.1%) | HPV33 (3.6%) |
(a) Data for Congo: present study.
(b) Source of information: WHO/ICO Information Centre on Human Papillomavirus (HPV) and Cervical Cancer [39].