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Incidence of oncogenic HPV infection in women with and without mental illness: A population-based cohort study in Sweden
by Eva Herweijer, Kejia Hu, Jiangrong Wang, Donghao Lu, P är Sparén, Hans-Olov Adami, Unnur Valdimarsdóttir, Karin Sundström, Fang Fang BackgroundWomen with mental illness experience an increased risk of cervical cancer. The excess risk is partly due to low participation in cervical screening; however, it remains unknown whether it is also attributable to an increased risk of infection with human papillomavirus (HPV). We aimed to examine whether women with mental illness had an increased infection rate of HPV compared to women without mental illness. Methods and findingsUsing a cohort design, we analyzed all 337,116 wo...
Source: PLoS Medicine - March 25, 2024 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Eva Herweijer Source Type: research