Human Papillomavirus (HPV) type 16 and type 18 DNA Loads at Baseline and Persistence of Type-Specific Infection during a 2-year follow-up.
J Infect Dis
; 200(11): 1789-97, 2009 Dec 01.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Studies of viral load-associated persistence of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection are rare, with inconsistent results reported.METHODS:
The study subjects were 741 and 289 women who were positive for HPV type 16 (HPV-16) and HPV type 18 (HPV-18), respectively, at the time of enrollment into in the ASCUS-LSIL (Atypical Squamous Cells of Undetermined Significance-Low-Grade Squamous Intraepithelial Lesion) Triage Study and who returned 1 or more times for HPV testing during a biannual 2-year follow-up. The numbers of HPV-16 and HPV-18 copies per nanogram of cellular DNA at baseline were measured by use of real-time polymerase chain reaction.RESULTS:
Women with, compared with women without, persistent infection at month 6 of follow-up had a higher viral load at enrollment (P< .001, for HPV-16; P=.01, for HPV-18). The association of each 1-log(10) increase in viral load with persistence of HPV-16 or HPV-18 during the first 6 months of the study was statistically significant among women with multiple HPV types at enrollment (for HPV-16 odds ratio [OR], 1.53 [95% confidence interval {CI}, 1.29-1.82]; for HPV-18 OR, 1.35 [95% CI, 1.09-1.68]) but not among women with monotype infections (in tests assessing the interaction between viral load and coinfection, P=.002 for HPV-16 and P=.34 for HPV-18). Among women who continued to have positive results at month 6, 12, or 18, persistence of infection for another 6 months was unassociated with the viral load at baseline.CONCLUSION:
Prevalent infection with a higher viral load of HPV-16 or HPV-18 was associated with short- but not long-term persistence.
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Assunto principal:
DNA Viral
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Doenças do Colo do Útero
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Infecções por Papillomavirus
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Papillomavirus Humano 16
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Papillomavirus Humano 18
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Infect Dis
Ano de publicação:
2009
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos