Prevalence of High-Risk Human Papillomavirus in Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia in the Pre-Vaccine Era - China, 2017-2018

What is already known about this topic?:Human papillomavirus (HPV) type-specific strategies play a key role in the prevention of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN), but evidence on the HPV type-specific prevalence in CIN is limited.What is added by this report?:This multicentric study estimates the prevalence of high-risk HPV types in CIN cases and the associations of HPV infection patterns with high-grade CIN in China in 2017-2018.What are the implications for public health practice?:Population-based prevention strategies should give preference to HPV-16 and 18, and strategies for non-16/18 high-risk HPV are essential for the elimination of cervical cancer.