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. 1993 Mar;12(3):221-2.
doi: 10.1007/BF01967118.

Possible non-sexual transmission of genital human papillomavirus infections in young women

C C Pao  1 , P L Tsai, Y L Chang, T T Hsieh, J Y Jin
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Possible non-sexual transmission of genital human papillomavirus infections in young women

C C Pao et al. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 1993 Mar.

Abstract

Human papillomaviruses were detected by an in vitro enzymatic DNA amplification method in cells obtained from vulvar swabs of 9 of 61 (14.8%) young women without prior experience of sexual intercourse and in 7 of 57 (12.3%) young women with prior experience. The prevalence of human papillomavirus DNA in these two groups of women was not significantly different (x2 = 0.16, p > 0.5; 95% confidence interval -0.165 to 0.215). These results suggest that genital human papillomavirus is not sexually transmitted in all cases and that it may be acquired by modes other than sexual contact.

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