Human Papillomavirus Prevalence Among American Indian Women of the Great Plains

Background High-risk human papillomavirus (hrHPV) causes cervical cancer. In the United States, approximately 40% of women aged 14–59 years from all racial and ethnic groups are infected with HPV, and prevalence typically declines with age. However, American Indian (AI) women are insufficiently sampled to permit a population-specific estimate of hrHPV prevalence.