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Science / Mon, 13 Jul 2026 Nature

Gastrointestinal Helicobacter pylori infection is associated with reproductive tract HPV prevalence in a propensity score-matched cross-sectional study of 7734 women

Competing interestsThe authors declare no competing interests. Ethics approval and consent to participateThe study protocol was reviewed and approved by the Medical Ethics Committee of Jiangxi Provincial People’s Hospital (Approval Number: 2026(02)). The research was conducted in strict accordance with the ethical principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. The requirement for written informed consent was waived by the Medical Ethics Committee of Jiangxi Provincial People’s Hospital due to the retrospective nature of the study and the use of anonymized health examination data. (The manuscript does not contain any individual person’s data in any form, such as individual details, images, or videos).

Competing interests

The authors declare no competing interests.

Ethics approval and consent to participate

The study protocol was reviewed and approved by the Medical Ethics Committee of Jiangxi Provincial People’s Hospital (Approval Number: 2026(02)). The research was conducted in strict accordance with the ethical principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. The requirement for written informed consent was waived by the Medical Ethics Committee of Jiangxi Provincial People’s Hospital due to the retrospective nature of the study and the use of anonymized health examination data.

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Not applicable. (The manuscript does not contain any individual person’s data in any form, such as individual details, images, or videos).

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