Congratulation Dr Mohd Khairul Anwar Shafii on the successful completion of your DrPH Viva Voce

The Department would like to congratulate Dr Mohd Khairul Anwar Shafii on the successful completion of his Doctor of Public Health Viva Voce. The title of his thesis is Site-Specific Prevalence of Human Papillomavirus Infection in Malaysian Men. He was supervised by Prof Dr Nirmala Bhoo Pathy and Assoc Prof Dr Mas Ayu Said from the Department and Prof Dr Woo Yin Ling from the Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya. We are fortunate to have Professor Dr. Shaiful Bahari Ismail from the Department of Family Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, Health Campus, Universiti Sains Malaysia as the external examiner and Prof Dr Noran Naqiah Mohd Hairi as the internal examiner. The session was chaired by Tunku Kamarul Zaman Tunku Zainol Abidin.

He has published the study titled “Prevalence and sociodemographic correlates of anogenital Human Papillomavirus (HPV) among Malaysian men” in PLoS One, the paper provides a comprehensive analysis of HPV prevalence in a community-based sample of healthy Malaysian men. The study included 503 healthy males from three community-based clinics in Selangor, Malaysia. Participants also completed a detailed sociodemographic and sexual behavior questionnaire and collection of genital and anal samples for detection and genotyping of 14 high-risk (HR) and 2 low-risk (LR) HPV types.

Genital HPV Prevalence

• Overall Genital HPV Prevalence: The prevalence of genital HPV among Malaysian men is reported to be 21.1%.
• High-Risk Genotypes: The prevalence of high-risk genital HPV types is 18.8%.
• Low-Risk Genotypes: The prevalence of low-risk genital HPV types (HPV6/11) is 2.9%.

Anal HPV Prevalence

• Overall Anal HPV Prevalence: The prevalence of anal HPV among Malaysian men is 13.6%.
• High-Risk Genotypes: The prevalence of high-risk anal HPV types is 12.7%.
• Low-Risk Genotypes: The prevalence of low-risk anal HPV types (HPV6/11) is 1.6%.

Anogenital HPV Prevalence

• Overall Anogenital HPV Prevalence: The combined prevalence of anogenital HPV (including both genital and anal sites) is 29.6%.
• High-Risk Genotypes: The prevalence of high-risk anogenital HPV types is 27%.
• Low-Risk Genotypes: The prevalence of low-risk anogenital HPV types is 3%.

Most Prevalent HPV Genotypes

• HPV 18: This genotype is the most prevalent in both genital and anal sites among Malaysian men.