Kathmandu, July 20 -- Ninety women who underwent random cervical cancer screening carried out by the Kathmandu Metropolitan City have tested positive for human papillomavirus (HPV).

According to officials at the municipal health department, those women felt normal and were unaware of their disease condition until the screening.

"Of the total positive cases, 12 were infected with HPV-16 and 13 with HPV-18," said Chandra Bhatta, focal person of the cervical cancer screening programme of the metropolis. "Apart from HPV types 16 and 18, our study shows other types of HPV infection in 65 women."

Human papillomavirus is a viral infection that spreads through skin-to-skin contact and is a leading cause of cervical cancer-the second-most commo...