Sexual Behavior and Partner Characteristics Are the Predominant Risk Factors for Genital Human Papillomavirus Infection in Young Women

doi:10.1093/infdis/174.4.679

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Sexual Behavior and Partner Characteristics Are the Predominant Risk Factors for Genital Human Papillomavirus Infection in Young Women

1 Oct 1996

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Risk factors for cervicovaginal human papillomavirus (HPV) infection were investigated in 604 college women. HPV was detected in 168 (27.8%) of the subjects by L1 consensus primer polymerase chain reaction, Southern blot hybridization, or both. Significant independent risk factors for HPV (P < .05) included age (odds ratios [ORs]: 2.6 for 21-23 years old and 1.6 for > 23, vs. < or = 20), ethnicity (ORs: 3.2 for...

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