L. C. Gonzalez

TL;DR: There is a very strong association between HPV 16, 18, 31, 33 and 35 and invasive cervical cancer and that this association is probably causal.

TL;DR: A population‐based case‐control study of cervical cancer was conducted in Spain and Colombia to assess the relationship between cervical cancer and exposure to human papillomavirus (HPV), selected aspects of sexual and reproductive behaviour, use of oral contraceptives, screening practices and smoking.

TL;DR: The role of men as vectors of the HPV types that are related to cervical cancer are supported and men who report multiple sexual partners or who are carriers of HPV DNA may be vectors of high-risk HPV types and may place their wives at high risk of developing cervical cancer.

TL;DR: The results support the sexual transmission of HPV and suggest that socioeconomic status and antibodies to C. trachomatis are independent predictors of HPV detection in middle‐aged cytologically normal women.

TL;DR: These findings could be interpreted as indicating that past infections with HSV‐2, N. gonorrhoeae and C. trachomatis are surrogate markers of HPV, but because HPV DNA may have escaped detection, it cannot exclude that these STAs are also of separate etiologic significance.