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Article: Many U.S. health care providers lack basic knowledge of HPV infection.(SEX RESEARCH UPDATE)(human papillomavirus)
- Article from:
- The Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality
- Article date:
- September 22, 2005
- Author:
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Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the most common sexually transmitted infection in Canada and around the world. Misconceptions about HPV prevalence, natural history, and outcomes are common not only among the general population but perhaps within the health care community as well. In a recent review of the research, Baseman and Koutsky (2005) address many of the aspects of HPV upon which people are often uncertain. For example, they point out that HPV infection is extremely common, with more than half of all sexually active women becoming infected at some point in their lives. HPV infection is most common among young people with studies suggesting that about a third or more ...