Population-based age- and type-specific prevalence of human papillomavirus among non-vaccinated women aged 30 years and above in Germany

CONCLUSION: The overall population-based HPV prevalence was relatively high. An important share of prevalent HR-HPV infections constituted types not covered by current HPV vaccines. With the advent of HPV screening and younger vaccinated cohorts joining screening, HPV types should be monitored closely, also in older women who were not eligible for HPV …