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Age of Acquiring Causal Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Infections: Leveraging Simulation Models to Explore the Natural History of HPV-induced Cervical Cancer.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America - 15 Sept 2017
Burger Emily A, Kim Jane J, Sy Stephen, Castle Philip E
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BACKGROUND: Although new human papillomavirus (HPV) infections can occur at all ages, the age at which women acquire their "causal" HPV infection that develops into cervical cancer is poorly understood and practically unobservable. We aimed to estimate the age distribution at which individuals acquired their causal HPV infection in the absence of HPV vaccination or screening to help guide the optimal use of both....
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