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To the Editor: In their article about the epidemiologic classification of human papillomavirus (HPV) types associated with cervical cancer, Muñoz et al. (Feb. 6 issue)¹ emphasize that the association with cervical cancer varies according to the particular HPV type, ranging from a very strong association (a prevalence of HPV type 16 of 58.9 percent among women with squamous-cell cervical cancer) to a very weak association (a prevalence of HPV type 53 and others of 0.2 percent). However, infections with many HPV types are associated with minor abnormalities on Papanicolaou smear that are associated with a low risk of cancer; these . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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