Human Papillomavirus

Sexual Partner Count Presents Greatest Risk for HPV-Related Cancer in Women

Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, November 21st, 2000

Human papillomaviruses have been shown to be a significant factor in the development of cervical cancers in women. Researchers at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden say the strongest risk factor associated with being infected with oncogenic human papillomaviruses (HPV) is the number of sexual partners a woman has had.

Oncogenic human papillomaviruses, as opposed to benign human papillomaviruses, are causative agents for cancer.

I. Silins and colleagues grouped 271 women by age and the number of sexual partners they had reported having during their lifetimes.

Using univariate analysis, Silins et al. determined that factors...

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