Mette Lauge Kristensen, who defended her PhD dissertation today, has conducted three studies on HPV and female fertility as part of the SnartForældre.dk (SoonParents) project.

HPV is a sexually transmitted virus. Persistent HPV infection can lead to cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN). A new PhD project from Aarhus University, Health, has investigated the influence of CIN on female fertility, including whether CIN increases the risk of spontaneous abortion and whether HPV vaccination has a protective effect on fertility.

The summary is written by the PhD student.