A Prospective Study of Age Trends in Cervical Human Papillomavirus Acquisition and Persistence in Guanacaste, Costa Rica

2005409 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Philip E. Castle · National Cancer Institute

Mark Schiffman · Department of Health and Human Services

Rolando Herrero · Instituto Costarricense de Investigación y Enseñanza en Nutrición y Salud

Allan Hildesheim · National Institutes of Health

Ana Cecilia Rodríguez · Instituto Costarricense de Investigación y Enseñanza en Nutrición y Salud

M. Concepción Bratti · Instituto Costarricense de Investigación y Enseñanza en Nutrición y Salud

Abstract

Newly apparent infections decreased, whereas persistence increased, with age; this latter tendency supports the utility of HPV screening in older women.

Topics & Keywords

Cervical Cancer and HPV Research Genital Health and Disease Reproductive tract infections research

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: The Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volume 191, Issue 11, pp. 1808-1816

DOI: 10.1086/428779

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