articleSexually Transmitted DiseasesOct 9, 2014GREEN OA

The Estimated Lifetime Probability of Acquiring Human Papillomavirus in the United States

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · National Center for HIV/AIDS Viral Hepatitis STD and TB Prevention

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Abstract

Background

Estimates of the lifetime probability of acquiring human papillomavirus (HPV) can help to quantify HPV incidence, illustrate how common HPV infection is, and highlight the importance of HPV vaccination.

Methods

We developed a simple model, based primarily on the distribution of lifetime numbers of sex partners across the population and the per-partnership probability of acquiring HPV, to estimate the lifetime probability of acquiring HPV in the United States in the time frame before HPV vaccine availability.

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