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Article: SLE tied to higher risk of HPV infection.(INFECTIOUS DISEASES)(Clinical report)
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- Family Practice News
- Article date:
- July 1, 2009
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The rate of cervical human papillomavirus infection among women with systemic lupus erythematosus increased from 12% to 25% after 3 years, judging from results from a novel study presented at the annual European Congress of Rheumatology.
Moreover, patients were twice as likely to acquire high-risk HPV infection than low-risk HPV infection.
"Information about the natural history of HPV infection in SLE is lacking," lead investigator Dr. LaiShan Tam said in an interview. "Whether immunosuppression related to SLE itself and/or the use of immunosuppressants would result in an increased incidence and risk of persistent HPV infection has never been studied."
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