Table 1. Summary of the 14 included studies with a total of 4198 female sex workers from nine countries in AsiaA.
Country and publication year |
Sample size |
Mean age |
Cervical cells collection method |
DNA testing assay |
Primer | Abnormality in
histology/ cytologyB % (No.) |
Cervical HPV prevalence (%) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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All | 16 | 18 | 31 | 33 | 35 | 39 | 45 | 51 | 52 | 56 | 58 | 59 | 66 | 68 | 70 | 73 | 82 | 6 | 11 | Multiple infections |
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East Asia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
China, 199319 | 196 | 34.0 | swab | HC | 12.8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
China, 200420 | 130 | 22.6 | swab | PCR | 43.8 | 23.8 | 12.3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
China, 200621 | 309 | 34.6 | cytobrush | HC | 16.8 (52) | 46.9 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Japan, 200022 | 546 | 28.9 | swab | HC | 7.1 (39) | 56.2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Korea, 200323 | 417 | cytobrush | PCR | MY09/11 | 46.5 | 15.1 | 4.7 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 6.0 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 5.7 | 5.0 | 4.1 | 5.0 | 3.1 | 1.9 | 3.5 | 1.6 | 0.3 | 24.5 | |||||
Korea, 200824 | 188 | 24.0 | swab | Nested-PCR | MY09/11, GP5+/6+ | 83.5 | 36.1 | 20.9 | 4.8 | 5.6 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 9.6 | 16.9 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 7.2 | 23.4 | ||||
South-east Asia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Thailand, 200125 | 251 | 24.0 | swab | PCR | MY09/11 | 5.2 (13) | 47.0 | 13.9 | 6.0 | 2.4 | |||||||||||||||||
Thailand, 200626 | 524 | 26.8 | self-admin.tampon | PCR | MY09/11 | 22.9 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Vietnam, 200827 | 282 | 25.0 | cytobrush | PCR | PGMY09/11 | 84.8 | 10.3 | 6.0 | 0.7 | 2.1 | 0.7 | 3.9 | 1.4 | 6.4 | 17.7 | 3.5 | 6.7 | 4.6 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 2.5 | 4.3 | 31.2 | |
Singapore, 200128 | 187 | 35.0 | cytobrush | PCR | PVCOU/D | 4.8 (9) | 14.4 | 4.3 | 2.7 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 3.7 | 2.7 | 3.7 | |||||||||||
Indonesia, 200329 | 543 | 25.3 | swab | PCR | 38.5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Philippines, 200930 | 369 | 24.5 | cytobrush | PCR | GP5+/6+ | 15.2 (56) | 57.2 | 6.8 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 2.7 | 5.7 | 2.4 | 9.2 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 5.1 | 7.0 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 2.2 | 2.7 | 0.8 | 25.5 |
South Asia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
India, 200131 | 27 | 27.5 | swab | HC | 22.2 (6) | 63.0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
India, 200832 | 229 | 30.0 | cytobrush | PCR | 3.1 (7) | 25.3 | 17.0 | 14.3 |
The cell was blank if the original study did not give the respective information.
Some studies detected cervical lesions using histology or cytology testing method. Abnormalities in histology were cervical intraepithelial neoplasia 1, 2 and 3; abnormalities in cytology were low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion and high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion.