Publication Detail
Duration and clearance of anal human papillomavirus (HPV) infection among women: the Hawaii HPV cohort study.
Shvetsov YB, Hernandez BY, McDuffie K, Wilkens LR, Zhu X, Ning L, Killeen J, Kamemoto L, Goodman MT.
Citation
Shvetsov YB, Hernandez BY, McDuffie K, Wilkens LR, Zhu X, Ning L, Killeen J, Kamemoto L, Goodman MT. (2009) Duration and clearance of anal human papillomavirus (HPV) infection among women: the Hawaii HPV cohort study. Clinical Infectious Diseases 48(5):536-546.
Abstract
The majority of anal HPV infections resolve in a relatively short time. Although anal HPV is commonly acquired in healthy women, its rapid clearance suggests limited efficacy of HPV testing as an anal cancer screening tool.
| Link: | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19191636 |
| PMID: | 19191636 |
| PMCID: | PMC2756215 |