| rapid clearance of human papillomavirus and implications for clinical focus on persistent infections. | health professionals and the public need to understand the natural history of human papillomavirus (hpv) infections of the cervix to best use the information provided by new molecular screening tests. we investigated outcomes of 800 carcinogenic hpv infections detected in 599 women at enrollment into a population-based cohort (guanacaste, costa rica). for individual infections, we calculated cumulative proportions of three outcomes (viral clearance, persistence without cervical intraepithelial n ... | 2008 | 18364507 |
| longitudinal study of human papillomavirus persistence and cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 2/3: critical role of duration of infection. | the natural history of human papillomavirus (hpv) infections in older women is critical for preventive strategies, including vaccination and screening intervals, but is poorly understood. in a 7-year population-based cohort study in guanacaste, costa rica, we examined whether women's age and the duration of carcinogenic hpv infections influenced subsequent persistence of infection and risk of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 2 (cin 2) or worse disease. | 2010 | 20157096 |
| long-term persistence of prevalently detected human papillomavirus infections in the absence of detectable cervical precancer and cancer. | detailed descriptions of long-term persistence of human papillomavirus (hpv) in the absence of cervical precancer are lacking. | 2011 | 21343148 |