Possible non-sexual transmission of genital human papillomavirus infections in young women.
Human papillomaviruses were detected by an in vitro enzymatic DNA amplification method in cells obtained from vulvar swabs of 9 of 61 (14.8%) young women without prior experience of sexual intercourse and in 7 of 57 (12.3%) young women with prior experience. The prevalence of human papillomavirus DNA in these two groups of women was not significantly different (x2 = 0.16, p > 0.5; 95% confidence interval -0.165 to 0.215). These results suggest that genital human papillomavirus is not sexually transmitted in all cases and that it may be acquired by modes other than sexual contact.
Pao
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Department of Biochemistry, Chang Gung Medical College, Taiwan, China.
Tsai
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Chang
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Hsieh
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Jin
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D000328:Adult; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D005831:Genital Diseases, Female / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D027383:Papillomaviridae / Q000235:genetics; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D014412:Tumor Virus Infections / Q000635:transmission*
D004279:DNA, Viral