Research Article

Detection of Human Papillomavirus Genotypes and Epstein-Barr Virus in Nasopharyngeal Carcinomas at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Ghana

Table 2

Summary of EBV/HPV DNA in NPC cases .

NPC subtypeNPCHPV+/EBV+HPV−/EBV−Coinfection
(%) (%) (%) (%)

WHO type I3 (4.2)1 (1.4)2 (2.8)0 (0)
WHO type II13 (18.0)3 (4.2)10 (13.9)0 (0)
WHO type III56 (77.8)25 (34.7)31 (43.0)3 (4.2)
Total72 (100)29 (40.3)43 (59.7)3 (4.2)

Values are expressed as (%).