Gail.... Please remember that Hopkins is a unique facility when it comes to
HPV. It is a hot bed of research on
HPV compared to most institutions, and as such they are sampling people for the virus. At most other institutions this is not routinely done. Additionally at other NCCI's there is no difference in treatment protocols for patients that show a presence of
HPV than those that do not. Only because of the research at Hopkins are they collecting samples. As I said in a previous posting, Dr. Gillison at Hopkins who is on the OCF board is a prominent and highly published
HPV authority. That program is unique to Hopkins that she heads.