Clinical significance of Chlamydia trachomatis and HPV coinfection across cervical lesion severity: a 10-year retrospective study in Southern China

Background

Persistent high-risk HPV infection is the major cause of cervical carcinogenesis, but the clinical relevance of Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) coinfection remains uncertain. We examined the epidemiological patterns of CT-HPV coinfection and their associations with cervical lesion severity among women in Southern China.