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SUBMITTER: Vriend HJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4618629 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Vriend Henrike J HJ Bogaards Johannes A JA van Bergen Jan E A M JE Brink Antoinette A T P AA van den Broek Ingrid V F IV Hoebe Christian J P A CJ King Audrey J AJ van der Sande Marianne A B MA Wolffs Petra F G PF de Melker Hester E HE
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We assessed whether infection with chlamydia increases the incidence of carcinogenic human papillomavirus (HPV) infections and if HPV persistence is affected by chlamydia co-infection. For 1982 women (16-29 years-old) participating in two consecutive rounds of a chlamydia screening implementation trial, swabs were polymerase chain reaction tested to detect chlamydia and 14 carcinogenic HPV genotypes. HPV type-specific incidence and persistence rates were stratified for chlamydia positivity at fo ...[more]