There is limited data in Ghana on the epidemiology of HPV and cervical neoplasia and their associations with HIV. This study aimed to compare among HIV-1 seropositive and HIV-seronegative Ghanaian women: (1) the prevalence, genotype distribution and risk factors associated with cervical HPV infection; and (2) the prevalence and risk factors associated with abnormal cervical cytology. | Epidemiology of cervical human papillomavirus HPV infection and squamous intraepithelial lesions SIL among a cohort of HIV-infected and uninfected Ghanaian women