LOS ANGELES, June 20, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The risk for young women of contracting human papilloma virus (HPV), the leading cause of cervical cancer, increases 1,000% with every new sexual partner, says a new study published in the current issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. The National Post reports that the researchers conclude that the disease will infect 55% of sexually active young women within three years.
Dr. Anna-Barbara Moscicki, the study’s principal author and a pediatrics professor at the University of California at San Francisco said, “The take-home message is that, if you want to avoid HPV infection, avoid new partners.” Numerous studies have shown that condoms do not protect against HPV.
See the abstract from the Journal of the American Medical Association: https://jama.ama-assn.org/issues/current/abs/joc02174.html
See the coverage in the National Post: https://www.nationalpost.com/home/story.html?f=/stories/20010620/596412.html
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