Infections by HIV increase the risk of acquiring secondary viral and bacterial infections and methods are needed to determine the spectrum of co-infections for proper treatment. We used rolling circle amplification (RCA) and Ion Proton sequencing to investigate the vaginal microbiome of 20 HIV positive women from South Africa. A total of 46 different human papillomavirus (HPV) types were found,...

A 64-year-old man with a pulmonary transplant developed diffuse verrucae vulgares of the neck. After the failure of multiple cryotherapy treatments, 3 sessions of photodynamic therapy resulted in rapid therapeutic clinical success. This moderately painful and well-tolerated treatment is reproducible and can be very useful in treating papillomavirus infections in the immunosuppressed patient.

Epidermodysplasia verruciformis (EV) is a rare disorder characterized by disseminated cutaneous warts in predisposed patients who are highly susceptible to genus ß-papillomavirus infections. We present the case of a 40-year-old lymphocytopenic woman with a balanced chromosomal translocation and a 25-year history of refractory EV that was successfully treated with squaric acid dibutylester (SADB...

Although cellular immunity is essential for the elimination of human papillomavirus (HPV), the mechanisms involved are still poorly understood. We summarize the main mechanisms involved in cellular immune response to infections caused by HPV. Immunotherapies for HPV-related cancers require the disruption of T-cell response control mechanisms, associated with the stimulation of the Th1 cytokine ...

This study was designed to investigate and compare the HPV prevalence, genotypes distribution and associated risk factors in rural and urban women living in Xishuang Banna district, in the province of Yunnan. A total of 177 and 190 women from rural and urban areas were engaged, respectively. HPV DNA was amplified using the L1 consensus primers system (MY09/11 and GP5/6) and HPV GenoArray test w...

Genomes of TT virus (TTV) and TTV-like minivirus DNA were detected in 80% and 61% of cervical swabs from healthy women, respectively, regardless of concurrent human papillomavirus infection. These results show that the potential exists for sexual transmission of TTV and related viruses.

A human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is globally one of the most common causes sexually transmitted infections mucous membranes (genital, anal and oral). Over last decade, an increasing number young patients have been infected due to changes in sexual habits general population. The majority lesions are benign; however, substantial scientific evidence has suggested a role for HPV family carcin...

Giant condyloma acuminatum (GCA) usually occurs on a set of human papillomavirus (HPV) subtype 6 or 11 infections and is characterized by cauliflower-like aggressive growing mass over the anogenital region. Lesions are more often observed in immunocompromised patients since host immunity one main risk factors disease. We report case GCA sexually inactive renal transplant recipient. A 25-year-ol...

HPV genotypes have distinct distributions among various ethnic populations worldwide. In December 2013, 237 and 159 cervical samples were collected from Hani and Han ethnic women, respectively, in Mojiang, a rural county in southern Yunnan. The overall HPV infection rate (21.1%) among the Hani women was significantly higher than that among the Han women (12.6%). The high-risk (HR) and low-risk ...

BACKGROUND The epidemiology of oral human papillomavirus (HPV) infection in men who have sex with men (MSM) differs from anogenital HPV infection. The impact of HPV vaccination has, to date, largely focussed on anogenital outcomes. Vaccination of MSM in the UK has been recommended and, if implemented, baseline estimates of oral HPV prevalence will be useful. METHODS We searched Medline, Embas...