Does HPV-18 co-infection increase the risk of cervical pathology in individuals with HPV-16?
Mustafa GökkayaAysun AlciOkan AytekınMehmet UnsalCaner CakırOkan OktarNecim YalcinAlper KahramanAlp TokaliogluBurak ErsakHande Esra Koca YıldırımSevgi KocTayfun ToptasFatih KilicFatih CelikNurettin BoranYaprak UstunOzlem Moraloglu TekinGunsu Kimyon ComertVakkas KorkmazTaner TuranIsin UreyenPublished in: Cytopathology : official journal of the British Society for Clinical Cytology (2024)
This multicentre retrospective study found no significant differences between HPV-16 mono- and HPV-16/18 co-infections regarding cervical pathologies. Larger studies are needed to validate and further explore these findings.