Relationship Between Cigarette Smoking and Human Papilloma Virus Types 16 and 18 DNA Load.

The article presents a study which discusses the relationship between cigarette smoking and human papilloma virus (HPV) types 16 and 18 DNA load. It mentions that the researchers have used women who were positive for both HPV 16 and 18 and have assessed exposure to smoke and sexual behavior based on self-report. The authors concluded that a lack of dose-response relationship between cigarette smoking and viral load can indicate a low threshold for the effect of smoking on HPV DNA load levels.