Screening for persistent high-risk HPV infections may be a valuable screening method for young women; A retrospective cohort study

• Renée M. F. Ebisch ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Renée M. F. Ebisch, Pleun J. W. Ketelaars

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: renee.ebisch@radboudumc.nl

  Current address: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Catharina Hospital, Eindhoven, the Netherlands

  Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Radboud university medical center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3422-5086

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• Pleun J. W. Ketelaars ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Renée M. F. Ebisch, Pleun J. W. Ketelaars

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Radboud university medical center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands

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• Wouter M. H. van der Sanden,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Radboud university medical center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands

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• Channa E. Schmeink,

  Roles Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Radboud university medical center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands

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• Charlotte H. Lenselink,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Deventer Hospital, Deventer, the Netherlands

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• Albert G. Siebers,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, Radboud university medical center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6085-0678

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• Leon F. A. G. Massuger,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Radboud university medical center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands

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• Willem J. G. Melchers,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Radboud university medical center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands

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• Ruud L. M. Bekkers

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Catharina Hospital, Eindhoven, the Netherlands

  Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Radboud university medical center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands

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