Chapter 16: Prophylactic human papillomavirus vaccines

DR Lowy, IH Frazer - JNCI Monographs, 2003 - academic.oup.com
Candidate prophylactic vaccines based on papillomavirus L1 virus-like particles (VLPs) are
currently in human clinical trials. The main long-term goal of the vaccine is to reduce the …

Optimal frequency of imiquimod (aldara) 5% cream for the treatment of external genital warts in immunocompetent adults: a meta-analysis

EP Gotovtseva, AS Kapadia… - Sexually transmitted …, 2008 - journals.lww.com
Background: Postmarketing research has explored the optimal application schedule of
imiquimod 5% cream for treatment of external anogenital warts. Objectives: We systemically …

[HTML][HTML] Vaccines against human papillomavirus infections: protection against cancer, genital warts or both?

EA Joura, S Pils - Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 2016 - Elsevier
Since 2006, three vaccines against infections and disease caused by human papillomavirus
(HPV) became available in Europe—in 2006 a quadrivalent HPV 6/11/16/18 vaccine, in …

Efficacy of imiquimod 5% cream in the treatment of recalcitrant warts in children

EI Grussendorf‐Conen, S Jacobs - Pediatric dermatology, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Long‐lasting cutaneous warts are a therapeutic challenge, especially widespread or
symptomatic recalcitrant warts in children. It can be speculated that natural immunity to these …

Diseases caused by human papillomaviruses (HPV)

A Handisurya, C Schellenbacher… - JDDG: Journal der …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Human papillomaviruses (HPV) are non‐enveloped tumor viruses with a double stranded
DNA approximately 8 kilobases in length. The viral genome is enclosed by a spherical …

Therapeutic approaches to papillomavirus infections

GE Baker, SK Tyring - Dermatologic clinics, 1997 - derm.theclinics.com
As clinicians, we face an epidemic of human papillomavirus (HPV) infections. These
infections usually present as common warts or as genital warts (condylomata acuminata) but …

Treatment of primary herpes simplex virus infection in guinea pigs by imiquimod

RL Miller, LM Imbertson, MJ Reiter, JF Gerster - Antiviral research, 1999 - Elsevier
Imiquimod (also known as R-837 and S-26308) is an imidazoquinoline immune response
modifier and is available in the US and several other countries for the treatment of external …

Human papillomavirus: current status and issues of vaccination

H Malik, FH Khan, H Ahsan - Archives of virology, 2014 - Springer
An association between human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and the development of
cervical cancer was initially suggested over 30 years ago, and today there is clear evidence …

Genital warts and other HPV infections: Established and novel therapies

R Fathi, MM Tsoukas - Clinics in dermatology, 2014 - Elsevier
Wart therapies involve methods of targeted lesion destruction, as well as selective
immunologic modification. While there are several therapeutic options, no treatment has …

[HTML][HTML] Genital warts: a comprehensive review

VR Yanofsky, RV Patel… - The Journal of clinical and …, 2012 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
External genital warts, also known as condylomata acuminata, are extremely common, with
between 500,000 to one million new cases diagnosed each year in the United States alone …