FIGURE 2.

Active and latent human papillomavirus (HPV) infections among women aged ≥50 years with a previous history of cervical abnormality. Active infection is defined as women with HPV‐positive results on liquid‐based cytology and/or who had atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance or worse detected on cytology and/or who had koilocytosis or cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 1 or worse detected on histology at the time of surgery. Latent infection is defined as no evidence of active HPV infection but HPV detected in the cervical tissue