Human Papillomavirus

Long-Term Study Sorts Out Risks For HPV Infection And Cervical Lesions

Published in Women's Health Weekly, July 19th, 2001

More than half of sexually active young women will be infected with human papillomavirus (HPV) if they remain sexually active over three years, a University of California, San Francisco, study shows.

That risk is boosted 10-fold with each new partner.

Contrary to some previous research, the study reported in the June 20, 2001, issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association showed that once a woman is infected with HPV, she is not certain to develop benign changes in the cells of the cervix called LSIL, or low-grade squamous intra-epithelial lesions. Approximately 30% of study subjects developed LSIL over a period of five years. The...

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (2001-07-19)

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