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ArticleBMC women's health2022

Outcomes of HPV type-specific serostatus do not associate with oral or genital HPV-carriage in non-vaccinated women followed for three years.

Salla Vuorinen, Kari Syrjänen, Tim Waterboer, Seija Grénman, Stina Syrjänen, Karolina Louvanto

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Article in BMC women's health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Immune Responses to Human Papillomavirus After Infection and Vaccination.Current topics in microbiology and immunology · 2026
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  3. Risk factors associated with IgG seropersistence toEpidemiology and infection · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Salla VuorinenDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Turku University Hospital, University of Turku, Turku, Finland.
Kari SyrjänenDepartment of Clinical Research, Biohit Oyj, Helsinki, Finland.
Tim WaterboerGerman Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany.
Seija GrénmanDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Turku University Hospital, University of Turku, Turku, Finland.
Stina SyrjänenDepartment of Oral Pathology, Institute of Dentistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Turku, Turku, Finland.
Karolina LouvantoDepartment of Oral Pathology, Institute of Dentistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Turku, Turku, Finland. karolina.louvanto@tuni.fi.ORCID 0000-0002-1172-363X
University of Turku · FIBiocenter Finland · FIGerman Cancer Research Center · DETampere University of Applied Sciences · FI

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe role of human papillomavirus (HPV) antibodies acquired through natural infection and their role in protection for subsequent cervical or oral HPV-carriage remains unclear.

methodsA total of 267 women, with a 36-months follow-up, from the Finnish Family HPV (FFHPV) study were evaluated to shed more light on persistent HPV-specific antibodies to genital or oral HPV-carriage, clearance or persistence during the three years follow-up. The type-specific seroprevalence for HPV genotypes 6, 11, 16, 18 and 45 in these women was assessed in relation to the detection of the same genotype or any HPV in their oral and genital samples. The following HPV serological outcomes where detected: being always seronegative, seroconversion or persistent seropositivity.

resultsGenital HPV16 infections were most prevalent at the end of the follow-up (24- and 36-month visit) among women who tested always seronegative for HPV16. No such associations between serology and HPV detection were established for the other HPV genotypes in the genital or oral samples. The development of long-term type-specific HPV 6,11,16,18 and 45 persistence (≥ 24 months) or clearance of the genital or oral infections was not different among the women with high HPV genotype specific antibody levels and those testing always HPV-seronegative.

conclusionNo significant role was disclosed for the acquired natural high-level- or persistent HPV antibodies as determinants of the genital or oral HPV infection outcomes in these young, non-vaccinated women.

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Papillomavirus InfectionsSexually Transmitted DiseasesAntibodies, ViralFemaleGenitaliaHuman papillomavirus 16HumansPapillomaviridaeSeroepidemiologic StudiesAntibodies, ViralAntibodyGenitalHPVOralPersistenceSerologyWomen

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