Evidence for HPV DNA in the placenta of women who resorted to elective abortion.
Maria Teresa BrunoSalvatore CarusoFrancesca BicaGiulia ArcidiaconoSara BoemiPublished in: BMC pregnancy and childbirth (2021)
The study shows that papillomavirus DNA can infect the placenta and that placenta HPV infection can occur as early as the first trimester of pregnancy.