Conclusion: Among Macedonian women, HPV 16, 31 and 18 were HPV types strongly associated with intraepithelial cervical lesions and cervical cancers. The prevalence of high risk HPV was highest in youngest women, but the risk was highest among patients with invasive cervical cancer (ICC). Surprisingly, patients with mixed infection had more LSIL and HSIL then CIS.
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