EPIDEMIOLOGICAL FEATURES OF HUMAN PAPILLOMA VIRAL INFECTION

Abstract

Cervical cancer is an important public health problem. The incidence of cervical cancer in the world is 10.6 per 100,000 women. Often in the literature, cervical cancer is called a disease of inequality due to a significant difference in the morbidity and mortality rates between the developed and developing countries. In Russia, the mortality and incidence rates of cervical cancer do not tend to a decrease. High prevalence of human papilloma viral infection, lack of organized screening, an organized cytological registry and quality-controlled cytology can be the reasons of the low success rate in implementation of cervical cancer prevention programs. There is a need of studies of human papilloma virus (HPV) prevalence in Russia, a need of national screening programs, development of laws regulating use of HPV vaccine.