“…At the age of 1-4 days, Smith et al in two studies found a low HPV incidence (from 0.9% to 1%) in the buccal swabs of neonates, whereas other studies showed a higher prevalence varying from 40% to 56% (Cason et al, 1995;Kaye et al, 1994;Pakarian et al, 1994;Tseng et al, 1998;Smith et al, 1995Smith et al, , 2004b. Similarly, the detection rate of HPV in infants between 6 weeks and 6 months after delivery varied between 0% and 62% (Cason et al, 2005;Fredericks et al, 1993;Pakarian et al, 1994;Watts et al, 1998) and among 3-year-old children varied between 10% and 40% (Kojima et al, 2003;Puranen et al, 1996Puranen et al, , 1997Szydlowski et al, 2004). Mant et al studied the acquisition and the clearance of HPV in the buccal mucosa of 4-to 9-year-old children and showed that, during a 30-month follow-up, 63% of 19 initially HPV-negative children acquired new HPV16 infection, while 40% of 22 initially HPVpositive children cleared the virus (Mant et al, 2003).…”