A Population-Based Study of Vaginal Human Papillomavirus Infection in Hysterectomized Women

• Published in: The Journal of infectious diseases Vol. 190; no. 3; pp. 458 - 467
• Main Authors: Castle, Philip E., Schiffman, Mark, Bratti, M. Concepcion, Hildesheim, Allan, Herrero, Rolando, Hutchinson, Martha L., Rodriguez, Ana Cecilia, Wacholder, Sholom, Sherman, Mark E., Kendall, Hortense, Viscidi, Raphael P., Jeronimo, Jose, Schussler, John E., Burk, Robert D.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Chicago, IL The University Chicago Press 01.08.2004; University of Chicago Press; Oxford University Press
• Subjects: Adult; Age groups; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Antibodies, Viral - blood; Biological and medical sciences; Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia; Cervix Uteri - virology; Cohort Studies; DNA; DNA, Viral - analysis; Female; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Human papillomavirus; Humans; Hysterectomy; Infections; Infectious diseases; Medical sciences; Microbiology; Middle Aged; Miscellaneous; Neoplasia; Papillomaviridae - classification; Papillomaviridae - genetics; Papillomaviridae - immunology; Papillomaviridae - isolation & purification; Papillomavirus Infections - epidemiology; Papillomavirus Infections - virology; Pathology; Polymerase Chain Reaction; Population Surveillance; Prevalence; Specimens; Uterine Cervical Neoplasms - epidemiology; Uterine Cervical Neoplasms - virology; Vagina - virology; Vaginal Diseases - epidemiology; Vaginal Diseases - virology; Virology; Viruses; Women; Costa Rica; Papillomavirus; Virus; Human; Infection; Human papillomavirus; Microbiology; Vagina; Female; Papovaviridae

We compared point prevalences and determinants of human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA detection by testing enrollment vaginal specimens from hysterectomized women (n = 569) and enrollment cervical specimens from nonhysterectomized women (n = 6098) ⩾30 years old, using MY09/MY11 L1 consensus-primer polyme...