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For individual pathogens, the sero-prevalence varied, being for example, 0.05% for HIV, 6.4% for human papillomavirus (HPV)-16, 53.5% for\n                      <jats:italic>Helicobacter pylori<\/jats:italic>\n                      (\n                      <jats:italic>H. pylori<\/jats:italic>\n                      ) and 99.8% for Epstein-Barr virus . The sero-prevalence of human herpesviruses (HHV)-6, HHV-7 and HPV-16 was higher in women than men. Several pathogens showed a decreasing trend in sero-prevalence by birth cohort, including hepatitis B virus (HBV) (51.6% vs 38.7% in those born &lt;1940 vs &gt;1970), HPV-16 (11.4% vs 5.4%), HHV-2 (15.1% vs 8.1%),\n                      <jats:italic>Chlamydia trachomatis<\/jats:italic>\n                      (65.6% vs 28.8%) and\n                      <jats:italic>Toxoplasma gondii<\/jats:italic>\n                      (22.0% vs 9.0%). 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