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JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Volume 191, Issue 11, Pages 1817-1819Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1086/430274
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We evaluated the prevalence of antibodies to human papillomavirus (HPV) type 16 in a representative sample of children 6-11 years of age in the United States. Serum samples and questionnaire data were collected between 1991 and 1994, for the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey III. HPV-16-specific immunoglobulin G antibodies were detected by an HPV-16 L1 virus-like particle-based enzyme-linked immunosorbant assay. Overall, 2.4% of 1316 children 6-11 years of age were seropositive. Seroprevalence was higher in boys than in girls (3.5% vs. 1.2%; P = .08) and in children >7 years of age than in children <= 7 years of age (3.3% vs. 0.4%; P < .05). None of the variables tested for, including race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and urban or rural residence, were significantly associated with HPV-16 seropositivity. To explain HPV-16 seropositivity in this population, further study is required.
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