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SUBMITTER: Rositch AF
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3707974 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Rositch Anne F AF Koshiol Jill J Hudgens Michael G MG Razzaghi Hilda H Backes Danielle M DM Pimenta Jeanne M JM Franco Eduardo L EL Poole Charles C Smith Jennifer S JS
International journal of cancer 20121011 6
Persistent high-risk human papillomavirus (HR-HPV) infection is the strongest risk factor for high-grade cervical precancer. We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis of HPV persistence patterns worldwide. Medline and ISI Web of Science were searched through January 1, 2010 for articles estimating HPV persistence or duration of detection. Descriptive and meta-regression techniques were used to summarize variability and the influence of study definitions and characteristics on duration a ...[more]