title: The changing prevalence of cervical human papilloma virus infection.
abstract: In order to determine the change in frequency of human papillomavirus infection (HPV) over a 10-year period, cervical smears from 1978 were retrieved, cytologically reviewed and compared with cervical smears taken in 1988. In this way, the slides were reviewed using the same diagnostic criteria. The prevalence of HPV infection in the population assessed at Flinders Medical Centre, rose from 0.58% to 5.6% over this period.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Flinders Medical Centre, South Australia.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Evans
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Dowling
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D027383:Papillomaviridae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D015995:Prevalence; D013021:South Australia / Q000453:epidemiology; D014412:Tumor Virus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002578:Uterine Cervical Dysplasia / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D014626:Vaginal Smears