Prevalence of Anogenital Warts in Men with HIV/AIDS and Associated Factors
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Prevalence of Anogenital Warts in Men with HIV/AIDS and Associated Factors
BACKGROUND Infection with human papilloma virus (HPV) is the most common sexually transmitted disease in the world. Among the 630 million new cases of HPV that occur each year, 30 million develop anogenital warts. Although subclinical infection with HPV is the most common cause, genital warts are also associated with immunosuppression caused by HIV. In view of the high prevalence of HPV/HIV co-...
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ETIOLOGY — Condyloma acuminatum is caused by human papilloma virus (HPV) infection. HPV encompasses a family of highly infectious and primarily sexually transmitted double-stranded DNA viruses. The incubation period after exposure ranges from three weeks to eight months. Most infections are transient and cleared within two years [2]. Persistent infections in the setting of other clinical risk f...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Open AIDS Journal
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1874-6136
DOI: 10.2174/1874613601408010025