Adams AR, et al. - In this cross-sectional study of female sex workers (FSWs) in Ghana (n=100, age ranging from 18 to 45 years; median 24 years), researchers focused on the prevalence of human papillomavirus (HPV) in this group and intended to assess the influence of vaccine introduction in the country. They reported a 26% prevalence of cervical HPV in this group including 11 genotypes, 9 of them high-risk, which are in order of decreasing prevalence: HPV-16 (8%), HPV-35 (5%), HPV-33/39/-68 (3%), HPV-52/51/59 (2%) and HPV-18 (1%) and two low-risk types, HPV-42(3%), and HPV-43 (1%). An attenuated probability of HPV infection was reported in relation to oral contraceptives use. In the Greater Accra Region overall prevalence of HPV among FSWs is high. Of overall high-risk HPV genotypes seen, many of those are vaccine preventable.