Open AccessType‐Specific Duration of Human Papillomavirus Infection: Implications for Human Papillomavirus Screening and Vaccination
Author(s) -
Helen Trottier,
Salaheddin M. Mahmud,
José Carlos Mann Prado,
João Simão Sobrinho,
Maria C Costa,
Thomas E. Rohan,
Luisa L. Villa,
Eduardo L. Franco
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
the journal of infectious diseases (online. university of chicago press)/the journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.69
H-Index - 252
eISSN - 1537-6613
pISSN - 0022-1899
DOI - 10.1086/587698
Subject(s) - coinfection , hpv infection , medicine , vaccination , duration (music) , incidence (geometry) , human papillomavirus , cohort , immunology , cancer , cervical cancer , virus , art , physics , literature , optics
Understanding the duration of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection may help find suitable end points for vaccine trials and testing intervals in screening studies. We studied genotype-specific infection duration among 2462 women enrolled in the Ludwig-McGill cohort study.