Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Infection in Early Pregnancy: Prevalence and Implications

• Main Authors: Deeksha Pandey (Author), Vani Solleti (Author), Gazal Jain (Author), Anwesha Das (Author), Kabekkodu Shama Prasada (Author), Shobha Acharya (Author), Kapaettu Satyamoorthy (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction. Young women (20-35 years) are at high risk of HPV infection, although the majority of the infections are asymptomatic and are cleared spontaneously by the host immune system. These are also the group of women who are sexually active and are in the population of pregnant women. During p...