Although genital warts were known in ancient times, they had not been clearly distinguished
from other venereal diseases until the beginning of the 20th century. In 1950, virus particles …

Background Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is a causative factor for cervical cancer.
Early detection of high risk HPV types might help to identify women at high risk of cervical …

The development of effective strategies against cervical cancer in Africa requires accurate
type specific data on human papillomavirus (HPV) prevalence, including determination of …

Rates of acquisition and clearance of cervical human papillomavirus (HPV) during a 3-year
period in women 51 years of age were compared with rates in younger women to provide …

BACKGROUND:: HPV infection in young women is common. However only a certain
number of HPV genotypes are oncogenic. It is necessary for high risk HPV infection to …

With the recent advent of cervical cancer vaccines, many questions relating to the best
overall prevention methods for cervical disease are beginning to arise. A Markov model was …

Viruses that can persist in the host are of special concern in immunocompromised
populations. Among 871 human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected and 439 high-risk …

Papillomaviruses are small, non-enveloped, epitheliotropic, double-stranded DNA viruses
that infect mucosal and cutaneous epithelia in a wide variety of higher vertebrates in a …

OBJECTIVE:: To study the prevalence of high-risk human papillomavirus (HR-HPV) types 16
and 18 in healthy women with negative Pap smears in identifying women with underlying …

OBJECTIVE:: To determine the relation between cigarette smoking and the incidence of
genital warts in a cohort of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected women (without …