Prevalence of antibodies against a cyclic peptide mimicking the FG loop of the human papillomavirus type 16 capsid among Tunisian women

Table 3 Distribution of anti-L1FG/HPV16 IgG and IgA antibodies according to HPV infection

	HPV	Systemic IgG		Systemic IgA		Cervical IgG		Cervical sIgA
	n/total (%)	n/total (%)	P value	n/total (%)	P value	n/total (%)	P value	n/total (%)	p value
HPV DNA negative*	111/179 (62)	22/111 (20)		12/111 (11)		5/111 (4)		5/111 (4)
HPV DNA positive HPV16 negative^§	45/179 (25)	12/45 (27)	0.3	8/45 (18)	0.2	6/45 (13)	0.05	2/45 (4)	0.6
HPV16 positive	23/179 (13)	0/23 (0)	0.01	4/23 (17)	0.2	0/23 (0)	0.3	1/23 (4)	0.7

* Reference group
^§HPV positive for the following types: HPV18, 31, 33, 45, 56, 58, 68, 82, 53, 66, 6, 11, 61, 70, 81, 83 and 84 [28]

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