Publications by authors named "Andrew W Arthur"
Clin Microbiol Infect
February 2024
Article Synopsis
- The study investigated HPV transmission from an initial male partner (male 1) to a subsequent male partner (male 2) through a female participant, focusing on heterosexual couples.
- Data was collected from 502 females over 24 months, where the researchers found that the same HPV type was detected in male partners significantly more often than would be expected by chance.
- The results highlight that if a female partner was persistently HPV positive, it increased the likelihood of her subsequent male partner also testing positive for the same HPV type, demonstrating the virus's transmissibility in sequential sexual partnerships.
Article Synopsis
- Understanding HPV infections is crucial for planning cervical cancer prevention, and the study focused on estimating the detection and clearance rates of different HPV types in young women.
- The HITCH study followed 502 college-age women over 24 months, testing vaginal samples for 36 HPV types during six visits to gather data on infection incidents and clearance rates.
- The results showed that 40.4% of women had new HPV infections within two years, and all HPV subgenus types cleared at similar rates, indicating that high-risk infections don't necessarily last longer than low-risk ones.
Article Synopsis
- - The study focused on understanding the natural history of HPV infections among 501 college-aged women in new heterosexual relationships to aid cervical cancer prevention.
- - Over 24 months, about 40.4% of women developed new HPV infections, with similar clearance rates across different HPV subgenus types.
- - While the study's findings aligned with previous research on infection detection and clearance, it did not clearly show that high-risk HPV infections take longer to clear compared to low-risk types.
