| sexual activity, contraception, genital infections, and cervical cancer: support for a sexually transmitted disease hypothesis. | a case-control study was conducted in utah between 1984 and 1987 to examine risk factors for cervical cancer. interviews were completed with 266 histologically confirmed carcinoma in situ and invasive squamous cell cervical cancer cases who were categorically matched by age to 408 controls. among the factors identified as altering risk for cervical cancer, after adjustment for age, education, church attendance, and cigarette smoking, were: having numerous sex partners (odds ratio (or) = 8.99 for ... | 1989 | 2546422 |
| identification of a herpes simplex labialis susceptibility region on human chromosome 21. | most of the united states population is infected with either herpes simplex virus type 1 (hsv-1), herpes simplex virus type 2, or both. reactivations of hsv-1 infection cause herpes simplex labialis (hsl; cold sores or fever blisters), which is the most common recurring viral infection in humans. | 2008 | 18199027 |