title: Transience of cervical HPV infection in sexually active, young women with normal cervicovaginal cytology.
abstract: Human papillomavirus DNA was detected in cervical specimens from 366 sexually active young women with cytomorphologically normal cervices using the polymerase chain reaction. In 93% (25/27) of initially infected women, the same viral type was not detected upon re-examination four menstrual cycles later. These results suggest that the majority of HPV infections in young women are transient.
authors.affiliation: University Department of Pathology, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK.
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Hinchliffe
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: van Velzen
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Korporaal
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Kok
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Boon
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D002584:Cervix Uteri / Q000821:virology*; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D027383:Papillomaviridae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D030361:Papillomavirus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014412:Tumor Virus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral