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Human Papillomavirus
Incidence, clearance rates of high-risk HPV infections found to be age specific
June 2nd, 2005
According to a study from Finland, "Recently, conflicting results on human papillomavirus (HPV) clearance have been reported and the data on the accumulation of incident HPV infections are still fragmentary." S. Syrjanen and colleagues, University of Turku, "completed an analysis of the age-specific incidence and clearance rates of high-risk (HR) HPV infections in 448 women participating in a multicenter screening study in three Newly Independent States [former Soviet Union]." They reported, "At baseline, 239 of the 448 women were negative for HR HPV DNA, whereas 209 were HR HPV positive and cleared HR HPV during the prospective follow-up." ...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-06-02)
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