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WASHINGTON -- When it comes to human papillomavirus, U.S. clinicians who see the most patients with it are aware of the basics, but they aren't always up on the latest information, Dr. Nidhi Jain reported in a poster at the annual Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy.
The finding comes from a survey of a nationally representative sampling from nine clinical specialties that care for substantial numbers of sexually active patients. The 4,305 respondents (to a total 6,906 mailed surveys) included family / general practice physicians (9%), general internists (7%), adolescent medicine specialists (10%), ob.gyns. (11%), dermatologists (12%), urologists (11%), nurse practitioners (15%), certified nurse midwives (15%), and physician assistants (12%).
A majority (89%) knew that "genital HPV [human papillomavirus] infection is fairly common in sexually active adults," that infected individuals often lack signs or symptoms (95%), that an HPV infection increases the risk for cervical dysplasia and ...