@article{Maqsood_Arif_Iqbal_Bajwa_Ali_2012, title={Prevalence of Cervical Abnormalities and Co-existent Human Papilloma Virus Infection in a Mixed Bahraini Population}, volume={17}, url={https://www.annalskemu.org/journal/index.php/annals/article/view/546}, DOI={10.21649/akemu.v17i3.546}, abstractNote={<p><strong>Abstract</strong></p> <p><strong>Objective:  </strong>To assess the association between cervical abnormalities and HPV infection in a mixed multi-cultural population of Bahrain.</p> <p><strong>Study Design:  </strong>Quasi - experimental study.</p> <p><strong>Settings:  </strong>Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology in Royal Bapco Hospital, Bahrain.</p> <p><strong>Material and Method:  </strong>All patients presenting in the Gynecological Department had cervical screening by pap smear. Those having abnormalities in cervical smear were offered HPV infection screening which was determined by PCR on a cervicovaginal cell colle-ction. Eligibility criteria included women in reproduc-tive age group. Women with obvious cervical patholo-gies were excluded from the study.</p><p><strong>Results:  </strong>Out of 1082 pap smears, 64 (5.91%) were unsatisfactory, 922 (85.2%) were normal. 61 (5.6%) smears were inflammatory and 35 (3.2%) smears had epithelial abnormalities. Most frequently found epithe-lial abnormality was low grade squamous metaplasia (1.94%), cervical invasive lesions were the second common abnormality (0.64%). 54 women out of 96 with epithelial abnormalities were HPV positive. HPV 16 was found to be most prevalent.</p><p><strong>Conclusion:  </strong>This study showed a significant correla-tion between HPV positivity and cervical epithelial abnormalities among Bahraini women. It also confirms the prevalence of cervical lesions to be significant in these women.</p>}, number={3}, journal={Annals of King Edward Medical University}, author={Maqsood, Fauzia and Arif, Wasima and Iqbal, Saima and Bajwa, Zafar Iqbal and Ali, Muhammad}, year={2012}, month={Feb.}, pages={256} }