OBJECTIVE To examine parents' preferences and willingness-to-pay (WTP) for HPV vaccines. METHODS A discrete choice experiment (DCE) was used. Parents with at least one daughter aged 9-13 years residing in Songkhla province were asked to choose one alternative from each DCE choice set describing HPV vaccines by four attributes, including cervical cancer risk reduction, genital warts risk reduc...

BACKGROUND Genital warts are one of the most common forms of sexually-transmitted disease, but their epidemiology has yet to be thoroughly elucidated. The present study was designed to shed light on the prevalence of clinically-confirmed, self-reported genital warts (GWs) in a representative sample of the university population. METHODS In 2015, a cross-sectional survey was conducted on 11,096...

BACKGROUND Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer among women in Brazil. We examined the health and economic impacts of quadrivalent HPV vaccination in Brazil. METHODS We adapted a previously developed transmission dynamic model to estimate the effectiveness of HPV vaccination on cervical cancer, cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grades 2 and 3 (CIN2/3), CIN1, and genital warts. We...

INTRODUCTION  Infectious skin lesions are a common complication in renal transplant patients receiving immunosuppressive therapy. OBJECTIVES  The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence and factors contributing to the development of viral skin infections in kidney transplant patients. PATIENTS AND METHODS  The study included 486 patients, 296 men (60.9%) and 190 women (39.1%), aged 4...

Genital human papillomavirus infection is one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases. Imiquimod is a new agent, an immune-response modifier, that has been demonstrated to have potent in vivo antiviral and antitumor effects in animal models. The present prospective, multicenter, double-blind, randomized, vehicle-controlled trial evaluated the efficacy and safety of daily patient-applie...

Further understanding of male human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is necessary to prevent infection in men, as well as transmission to women. In our current study, we investigated patterns of HPV infection and genotype distributions in male genital warts using the Anyplex II HPV28 Detection kit. We reviewed the medical records of 80 male patients who presented to 5 neighborhood clinics in Ulsa...

The human papillomavirus (HPV) represents one of the most common sexually transmitted infections, knowing more than 100 viral types that, in relation to their oncological pathogenesis, are classified into high and low risk. Cervical cancer is second leading cause death from malignant neoplasms women. HPV can often warts. Most this virus harmless, but a percentage them associated with an increas...

Aim: Viral wart is a common benign infectious dermatosis. It remains unclear why not everyone exposed to HPV develops warts. known that vitamin and mineral deficiencies can affect impair natural acquired immunity lead tendency get more infections. This study aimed determine the potential utility of evaluating B12, folic acid, ferritin levels in patients with viral Material Methods: In this retr...

Background: Genital warts are one of the most common sexually transmitted infections, 1% of sexually active population have anogenital warts (AGWs). According to previous studies, the disease affects people's quality of life and imposes financial costs on health systems. Methods: The present study is a case-control study at spring of 2018. The quality of life of 65 patients with anogenital war...