Background To determine whether testing for DNA of oncogenic human papillomaviruses (HPV)
is superior to the Papanicolaou (Pap) test for cervical-cancer screening, we conducted …

ORGANIZED SCREENING HAS CONTRIBUTED TO A DECLINE in cervical cancer incidence
and mortality over the past 50 years. However, women in developing countries are yet to …

ContextHuman papillomavirus (HPV) infection is believed to be the central cause of cervical
cancer, although most of the epidemiological evidence has come from retrospective, case-…

More than 120 different types of the human papillomavirus (HPV) have been isolated; >40 of
these types infect the epithelial lining of the anogenital tract and other mucosal areas. In the …

Background: Little is known about the duration of precancerous cervical lesions in relation
to human papillomavirus (HPV) infection. We estimated rates of progression and regression …

Background: Besides an established role for certain human papillomavirus (HPV) genotypes
in the etiology of cervical cancer, little is known about the influence of multiple-type HPV …

The intratypic variability of HPVs 16 and 18 has been extensively studied and has been
used as an important tool in epidemiological studies of viral transmission, persistence and …

HPV infections are believed to be a necessary cause of cervical cancer. Viral burden, as a
surrogate indicator for persistence, may help predict risk of subsequent SIL. We used results …

The association between dietary intake and persistence of type-specific human papillomavirus
(HPV) infection, during a 12-month period, among 433 women participating in the Ludwig-…

Since infection with oncogenic human papillomavirus (HPV) has been considered a necessary
cause of cervical cancer, tests for oncogenic HPV types have been proposed as adjuncts …