Human papillomaviruses were detected by an in vitro enzymatic DNA amplification method in cells obtained from vulvar swabs of 9 of 61 (14.8 %) young women without prior experience of sexual intercourse and in 7 of 57 (12.3 %) young women with prior experience. The prevalence of human papillomavirus DNA in these two groups of women was not significantly different (x2=0.16, p>0.5; 95 % confidence interval -0.165 to 0.215). These results suggest that genital human papillomavirus is not sexually transmitted in all cases and that it may be acquired by modes other than sexual contact. © 1993 Friedr. Vieweg & Sohn Verlagsgesellschaft mbH.
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Pao, C. C., Tsai, P. L., Chang, Y. L., Hsieh, T. T., & Jin, J. Y. (1993). Possible non-sexual transmission of genital human papillomavirus infections in young women. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, 12(3), 221–223. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01967118
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