Article
Epidemiological, clinical and viral determinants of the increased prevalence of high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) infections in elderly women.
European journal of gynaecological oncology - 1 Jan 2008
Syrjänen K, Kulmala S M, Shabalova I, Petrovichev N, Kozachenko V, Zakharova T, Pajanidi J, Podistov J, Chemeris G, Sozaeva L, Lipova E, Tsidaeva I, Ivanchenko O, Pshepurko A, Zakharenko S, Nerovjna R, Kljukina L, Erokhina O, Branovskaja M, Nikitina M, Grunjberga V, Grunjberg A, Juschenko A, Santopietro R, Cintorino M, Tosi P, Syrjänen S
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Population-based studies have reported a second peak of human papillomavirus (HPV) prevalence among women > 55 years, but reasons for this U-shaped HPV prevalence curve are poorly understood. OBJECTIVES: To analyse determinants of high-risk HPV (HR-HPV) infections among postmenopausal women. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS: A cohort of 3,187 women was stratified into three age categories: i) youngest age...
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