Journal of
AIDS and HIV Research

  • Abbreviation: J. AIDS HIV Res.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2141-2359
  • DOI: 10.5897/JAHR
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 294

Full Length Research Paper

Human papillomavirus clustering patterns among HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected adolescent females in South Africa

Layne Dylla
  • Layne Dylla
  • Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United Sates.
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Beau Abar
  • Beau Abar
  • Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United Sates.
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Anna-Lise Williamson
  • Anna-Lise Williamson
  • Institute of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine and Division of Medical Virology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Observatory 7925, Cape Town, South Africa.
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Tracy L. Meiring
  • Tracy L. Meiring
  • Institute of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine and Division of Medical Virology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Observatory 7925, Cape Town, South Africa.
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Linda-Gail Bekker
  • Linda-Gail Bekker
  • Institute of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Desmond Tutu HIV Centre, Observatory 7925, Cape Town, South Africa.
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David H. Adler
  • David H. Adler
  • Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United Sates.
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  •  Received: 01 August 2017
  •  Accepted: 06 September 2017
  •  Published: 31 October 2017

Abstract

The global burden of disease caused by both human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and human papillomavirus (HPV) is the greatest in the developing world, with the highest rates in sub-Saharan Africa. South African women not only have high rates of infection with HPV, but also have high rates of multiple concurrent infections with two or more HPV genotypes, and are among the world’s most vulnerable to developing invasive cervical cancer. HIV co-infection increases these risks. Understanding clustering patterns of concurrent HPV infections in this population has important implications for HPV screening and will help define vaccination strategies in the future as vaccines continue to be developed to target more HPV genotypes. Latent class analysis was used to identify four distinct patterns of HPV co-infection: individuals with at least one low risk HPV genotype, but no high-risk HPV (HR-HPV) infections; individuals with a disperse pattern of HR-HPV infections; individuals infected with members of the alpha-7 group, but not HPV-18; and individuals infected with HPV-16, but not HPV-18. In this analysis, although alpha-7 HPV infections were more prevalent among HIV-infected adolescents than their HIV-uninfected counterparts, overall clustering patterns were not different based on HIV status.

Key words: Human papillomavirus (HPV), clustering, latent class analysis, high-risk HPV, South African adolescents.