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Studies from Hartford Hospital describe new findings in human papillomavirus.(Clinical report)
In this recently published study, investigators in the United States conducted a study "To determine the prevalence of human papillomavirus (HPV) in our inner-city indigent population (clinic population) of women with previously normal Pap tests and to identify any associated risk factors. A prospective cohort of 187 women between the ages of 15 and 49 years, with previously normal Pap tests, was recruited from a university affiliated outpatient clinic."
"A demographic questionnaire of social and sexual history was elicited, and ThinPrep cytology (Cytyc, Marlborough, MA) and HPV Digene Hybrid Capture II results (Digine, Gaithersburg, MD) were obtained. The prevalence of HPV in our primarily Hispanic clinic population was 21%. The mean age of women with HPV was 28.9 years and those without were 32.1 years (p
The researchers concluded: "Our data suggest that younger, nulliparous women have a high prevalence of HPV."
Werden and colleagues published their study in the Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease (Prevalence of the Human Papillomavirus in an Inner-City Indigent Population With Previously Normal Pap Tests. Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease, 2008;12(4):287-292).
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