Laboratory and clinical aspects of human papillomavirus testing

PKS Chan, MA Picconi, TH Cheung… - Critical reviews in …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is associated with a wide spectrum of disease that
ranges from self-limited skin warts to life-threatening cancers. Since HPV plays a necessary …

The epidemiology and natural history of anal human papillomavirus infection in men who have sex with men

DA Machalek, AE Grulich, F Jin, DJ Templeton… - Sexual …, 2012 - CSIRO Publishing
Studies on the epidemiology and natural history of anal human papillomavirus (HPV)
infection are essential to understand the significance of this virus in the aetiology of anal …

Prevalence of human papillomavirus and cervical intraepithelial neoplasia in China: a pooled analysis of 17 population‐based studies

FH Zhao, AK Lewkowitz, SY Hu, F Chen… - … journal of cancer, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
High‐risk (HR) human papillomavirus (HPV) prevalence has been shown to correlate well
with cervical cancer incidence rates. Our study aimed to estimate the prevalence of HR‐HPV …

[HTML][HTML] The cervical microbiome over 7 years and a comparison of methodologies for its characterization

BC Smith, T McAndrew, Z Chen, A Harari, DM Barris… - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Background The rapidly expanding field of microbiome studies offers investigators a large
choice of methods for each step in the process of determining the microorganisms in a …

[HTML][HTML] Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms in the PRDX3 and RPS19 and Risk of HPV Persistence and Cervical Precancer/Cancer

M Safaeian, A Hildesheim, P Gonzalez, K Yu, C Porras… - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Background Host genetic factors might affect the risk of progression from infection with
carcinogenic human papillomavirus (HPV), the etiologic agent for cervical cancer, to …

The impact of human papillomavirus (HPV) types 6, 11 in women with genital warts

M Jamshidi, M Shekari, AA Nejatizadeh… - Archives of gynecology …, 2012 - Springer
Objective Human papillomaviruses (HPV) are etiologically associated with the development
of virtually all genital warts. HPV-6 and HPV-11 are the most commonly detected HPV …

Correlates of HPV: a cross-sectional study in women with normal cytology in north-central Morocco

B Bennani, S Bennis, C Nejjari, LH Ouafik… - The Journal of Infection …, 2012 - jidc.org
Introduction: Epidemiological studies have shown the association between risk of
developing cervical cancer and the persistence of high-risk papillomavirus types in addition …

[HTML][HTML] Physical state and viral load as predictive biomarkers for persistence and progression of HPV16-positive cervical lesions: results from a population based long …

A Manawapat, F Stubenrauch, R Russ… - American journal of …, 2012 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Persistent infection with a high risk (hr) human papillomavirus (HPV) has been established
as the main cause of cervical cancer and high-grade cervical intraepithelial neoplasia …

Human papillomavirus (HPV) genotype distribution in women with abnormal cervical cytology in the Basque Country, Spain

D Delgado, JM Marín, J de Diego, S Guerra… - … y microbiologia clinica, 2012 - Elsevier
INTRODUCTION: The aim of this study was to analyze the distribution of human
papillomavirus (HPV) genotypes in cytologically abnormal cervical samples from 106 …

Prevalence of high-risk HPV and associated risk factors in cases of cervical carcinoma in Tamil Nadu, India

K Vinodhini, S Shanmughapriya, S Sanmugham… - International Journal of …, 2012 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To assess the prevalence of HPV infection among women with cervical cancer
in Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu, India. METHODS: A case–control study was conducted with …