Published in Blood Weekly, February 24th, 2005
"Data on the incidence and determinants of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection in women 130 years old are scarce.
"To address this, a cohort of 1610 women - 15-85 years old, HPV negative, and with normal cytological results at baseline - was monitored every 6 months for an average of 4.1 years," scientists writing in the Journal of Infectious Diseases report.
"Information on risk factors and cervical samples for cytological testing and detection and typing of HPV DNA was obtained at each visit. The incidence of high-risk types was higher than...
Want to see the full article?
Welcome to NewsRx!
Learn more about a six-week, no-risk free trial of Blood Weekly
Source: Blood Weekly (2005-02-24)
NewsRx also is available at LexisNexis, Gale, ProQuest, Factiva, Dialog, Thomson Reuters, NewsEdge, and Dow Jones.