The Role of Monogamy and Duration of Heterosexual Relationships in Human Papillomavirus Transmission
Author(s) -
Alan G. Nyitray,
HuiYi Lin,
William J. Fulp,
Men-Chi Chang,
Leonardo de Melo Menezes,
Binfeng Lu,
Martha Abrahamsen,
Mary Papenfuss,
C. Gage,
Claudia M. Galindo,
Anna R. Giuliano
Publication year - 2013
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/jit615
Subject(s) - incidence (geometry) , confidence interval , transmission (telecommunications) , demography , medicine , human papillomavirus , sex organ , hpv infection , gynecology , obstetrics , biology , cervical cancer , cancer , genetics , physics , electrical engineering , sociology , optics , engineering
Published data are equivocal about the relative rates of male-to-female and female-to-male human papillomavirus (HPV) transmission. Our objective was to estimate genital HPV incidence among heterosexual partners from a broad age range and to investigate the effects of monogamy and relationship duration on incidence.
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