Other recent very-high-growth nations in Asia include Israel, Malaysia, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Thailand, Vietnam, Mongolia, Uzbekistan, Cyprus and the Philippines, and mineral-rich nations such as Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Iran, Brunei, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Oman.
1 The changes are almost always a sign of an HPV infection. ASC-US is the most common abnormal Pap test result.  Low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (LSIL)âLSIL means that the cervical cells show changes that are mildly abnormal. LSIL usually is caused by an HPV infection that often goes away on its own.
GardasilÂ®, produced by Merck, prevents infection of four strains of HPV â 6, 11, 16, and 18 â and was approved by the FDA in 2006.22 Gardasil has been approved by the FDA for use in males and females ages 9-26.