A Cohort Effect of the Sexual Revolution May Be Masking an Increase in Human Papillomavirus Detection at Menopause in the United States | Zendy

Patti E. Gravitt | Zendy; Anne F. Rositch | Zendy; Michelle I. Silver | Zendy; Morgan A. Marks | Zendy; Kathryn Chang | Zendy; Anne E. Burke | Zendy; Raphael P. Viscidi | Zendy

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A Cohort Effect of the Sexual Revolution May Be Masking an Increase in Human Papillomavirus Detection at Menopause in the United States

Author(s) -

Patti E. Gravitt,

Anne F. Rositch,

Michelle I. Silver,

Morgan A. Marks,

Kathryn Chang,

Anne E. Burke,

Raphael P. Viscidi

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

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 - 10.1093/infdis/jis660

Subject(s) - demography , human papillomavirus , cohort , medicine , population , cohort study , hpv infection , young adult , gynecology , gerontology , cervical cancer , cancer , sociology

Cohort effects, new sex partnerships, and human papillomavirus (HPV) reactivation have been posited as explanations for the bimodal age-specific HPV prevalence observed in some populations; no studies have systematically evaluated the reasons for the lack of a second peak in the United States.

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