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Natural History of HPV Infection across the Lifespan: Role of Viral Latency.
Review in Viruses, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05049252 (Performance of HPV E4 and p16INK4a Biomarkers in Predicting Risk of Regression Among Women Diagnosed With Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia Grade 2), which is not on this map. Cited by 140 papers, 8 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Performance of HPV E4 and p16INK4a Biomarkers in Predicting Risk of Regression Among Women Diagnosed With Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia Grade 2 (CIN2): a Historical Cohort Study
Who cites it
140 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Rapid Systematic Review-Informed Multidisciplinary Expert Consensus on the Management of HPV-Positive Women with Low-Grade Cervical Lesions and the Role of aMedicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Pooled it
- Spatial evidence for carcinoma in situ (CIS) as an entity in human papillomavirus (HPV)-associated tonsillar squamous cell carcinoma (TSCC).International journal of cancer · 2026Pooled it
- Women's attitudes towards a human papillomavirus-based cervical cancer screening strategy: a systematic review.BMJ sexual & reproductive health · 2022Pooled it
- Human papillomavirus vaccination in women undergoing excisional treatment for cervical intraepithelial neoplasia and subsequent risk of recurrence: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica · 2022Pooled it
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- HPV vaccine: uptake and understanding among global Indigenous communities - a qualitative systematic review.BMC public health · 2021Pooled it
- Natural history of histologically confirmed high-grade cervical intraepithelial neoplasia during pregnancy: meta-analysis.BMJ open · 2021Pooled it
- Human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA detection in uterine cervix cancer after radiation indicating recurrence: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of gynecologic oncology · 2020Pooled it
- Female genital schistosomiasis, human papilloma virus infection, and cervical cancer in rural Madagascar: a cross sectional study.Infectious diseases of poverty · 2023Trial
- Persistent, Asymptomatic Colonization withMicrobiology spectrum · 2022Trial
- Determinants of Acquisition and Clearance of Human Papillomavirus Infection in Previously Unexposed Young Women.Sexually transmitted diseases · 2019Trial
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- Experimental Analysis of HPV16 L1/L2 Chimeric VLP Internalization by Human Peripheral Blood Leukocytes.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Article
- Analysis of Age, Period and Cohort Trends in Cervical In Situ and Invasive Carcinomas for Assessing the Utility of Screening Approaches-Results From the Saarland Cancer Registry.Cancer medicine · 2026Article
- Impact of switching from a quadrivalent to a nonavalent HPV vaccine on HPV infections and cervical cancer in Colombia: a mathematical modelling study.Lancet regional health. Americas · 2026Article
- Study of the Expression of Sex-Determining Region Y-box 2 (SOX2) in Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Cervix.Cureus · 2026Article
- Modelling the epidemic dynamics of HPV among women in China and optimization of ongoing cervical cancer elimination strategies.BMC medicine · 2026Article
- Human papillomavirus (HPV) seroprevalence, cervical HPV prevalence and cervical lesions in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and immunocompetent women.Lupus science & medicine · 2026Article
- Recurrent Cervical HPV16 DNA Detection in Unvaccinated Women According to Presumed HPV16 Exposure Based on IgG and IgM Seroreactivity.Journal of medical virology · 2026Article
- Cell-Mediated Immunity Against Human Papillomavirus Infection: From Viral Clearance to Oncogenesis.Viruses · 2026Review
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Abstract
Large-scale epidemiologic studies have been invaluable for elaboration of the causal relationship between persistent detection of genital human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and the development of invasive cervical cancer. However, these studies provide limited data to adequately inform models of the individual-level natural history of HPV infection over the course of a lifetime, and particularly ignore the biological distinction between HPV-negative tests and lack of infection (i.e., the possibility of latent, undetectable HPV infection). Using data from more recent epidemiological studies, this review proposes an alternative model of the natural history of genital HPV across the life span. We argue that a more complete elucidation of the age-specific probabilities of the alternative transitions is highly relevant with the expanded use of HPV testing in cervical cancer screening. With routine HPV testing in cervical cancer screening, women commonly transition in and out of HPV detectability, raising concerns for the patient and the provider regarding the source of the positive test result, its prognosis, and effective strategies to prevent future recurrence. Alternative study designs and analytic frameworks are proposed to better understand the frequency and determinants of these transition pathways.
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