Pathogenesis of genital HPV infection.

Pathogenesis of genital HPV infection.

Clinical, subclinical, and latent human papillomavirus (HPV) infections are distinguished from HPV-associated neoplasia. Besides HPV additional cofactors are necessary to transform HPV infected tissue to intraepithelial or invasive neoplasia. Risk factors for the presence of HPV are high number of sexual partners, early cohabitarche, young age at first delivery, suppression and alteration of im...

Genital HPV infection

Accepted for publication 29 September 1992 Abstract Objectives-To investigate the prevalence of human papillomavirus (HPV) infections in a group of female teenagers, and to analyse to what extent HPV DNA was also detectable, in urethra and cervix samples among the patients with macroscopic genital warts compared with those without. Design-The patients were interviewed about their sexual habits ...

[Biomarkers of cervical carcinogenesis associated with genital HPV infection].

Chapter 6: Epidemiology and transmission dynamics of genital HPV infection.

This chapter provides an overview of the epidemiology of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection, with a focus on the dynamics of sexual transmission. We explore concepts related to the spread of sexually transmitted infections, including population prevalence, duration of infectivity, patterns of sexual contacts, and transmissibility, including modifiers of susceptibility and infectivity. HPV pre...

Genital prevalence of HPV types and co-infection in men.

INTRODUCTION HPV infection is a highly prevalent sexually transmitted disease and there is evidence of the relationship of HPV infection and the development of genital warts, penile intraepitelial neoplasia, invasive penile carcinoma and cervical cancer. However, there is sparse data regarding the prevalence of HPV types and co-infection of different HPV types among men. OBJECTIVES To assess ...