Research Article

The Prevalence of Human Papillomavirus between the Neonates and Their Mothers

Table 3

The correlation between HPV DNA incidence in the cervical/buccal smears of mothers ().

Mother cervical smears Total number (%)1
HPV DNA (+) HPV DNA (−)

Mother buccal smears HPV DNA (+) 145 19 (12.5%)
Mother buccal smears HPV DNA (−) 10 123 133 (87.5%)
Total number (%)224 (15.57%) 128 (84.43%) 152 (100%)

Mother buccal smears.
2Mother cervical smears.
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