Background Laboratory and epidemiological research suggests an association between
human papillomavirus (HPV) and cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN). We studied the …

Background A relation has been established between infection with high-risk types of
human papillomavirus and development of cervical cancer. We investigated a role for testing …

Objective To obtain large scale and generalisable data on the long term predictive value of
cytology and human papillomavirus (HPV) testing for development of cervical intraepithelial …

Carcinogenic human papillomaviruses (HPV) are thought to be necessary for development
of cervical cancer. We assessed whether higher viral loads of such viruses predicted future …

Background: We describe transition probabilities for incident human papillomavirus (HPV)
16/18/31/33/35/45/52/58/59 infections and cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) 1 lesions …

Background Infection with certain types of human papillomavirus (HPV), which is common
among young women, increases the risk of cervical cancer. However, less than 1% of young …

Background: We describe the incidence and duration of cervical human papillomavirus
(HPV) infection episodes along with the risk of infection reappearance following a period of …

Although a second age‐related peak of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is observed
in many populations, it does not seem to have any impact on cervical screening policies. We …

Background Screening for cervical cancer based on testing for human papillomavirus (HPV)
increases the sensitivity of detection of high-grade (grade 2 or 3) cervical intraepithelial …

Background Persistent infection with certain types of human papillomavirus (HPV) is
believed to be a prerequisite for the development of cervical neoplasia. Persistence may …