VALGENT: a protocol for clinical validation of human papillomavirus assays

M Arbyn, C Depuydt, I Benoy, J Bogers… - Journal of Clinical …, 2016 - Elsevier
Background Testing for high-risk HPV is more effective in primary cervical cancer screening
than the cytological examination of a Pap smear. Separate genotyping may be useful for …

Detection of alpha human papillomaviruses in archival formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissue specimens

BJ Kocjan, L Hošnjak, M Poljak - Journal of Clinical Virology, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissue specimens stored in pathology
departments worldwide are an invaluable source for diagnostic purposes when fresh clinical …

Attitudes, knowledge and factors associated with human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine uptake in adolescent girls and young women in Victoria, Australia

ILY Tung, DA Machalek, SM Garland - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Background Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination targets high-risk HPV16/18 that
cause 70% of all cancers of the cervix. In Australia there is a fully-funded, school-based …

[HTML][HTML] Diversity of beta-papillomavirus at anogenital and oral anatomic sites of men: The HIM Study

EM Nunes, SL Sudenga, T Gheit, M Tommasino… - Virology, 2016 - Elsevier
Our goal was to describe prevalence of β-HPVs at three anatomic sites among 717 men
from Brazil, Mexico and US enrolled in the HPV Infection in Men (HIM) Study. β-HPVs were …

Infectious agents associated with head and neck carcinomas

A Hettmann, A Demcsák, G Decsi, Á Bach… - … Infectious Diseases and …, 2016 - Springer
In addition to traditional risk factors such as smoking habits and alcohol consumption,
certain microbes also play an important role in the generation of head and neck carcinomas …

HPV16 variants distribution in invasive cancers of the cervix, vulva, vagina, penis, and anus

S Nicolás‐Párraga, C Gandini, VN Pimenoff… - Cancer …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Human papillomavirus (HPV) 16 is the most oncogenic human papillomavirus, responsible
for most papillomavirus‐induced anogenital cancers. We have explored by sequencing and …

Distribution of high risk human papillomavirus types in Western Kazakhstan-retrospective analysis of PCR data

YZ Bekmukhambetov… - Asian Pacific Journal …, 2016 - journal.waocp.org
Background: Virtually all cases of cervical cancer are caused by persistent infections with a
restricted set of human papillomaviruses (HPV). Cancer of the cervix is the third or even the …

Prevalence of human papillomavirus infection among women presenting for cervical cancer screening in Chile, 2014–2015

M Balanda, A Quiero, N Vergara, G Espinoza… - Medical microbiology …, 2016 - Springer
Cervical cancer is the fourth most common malignancy in women worldwide. In Chile,
cervical cancer is the second leading cause of death among women of reproductive age …

Global genomic diversity of human papillomavirus 11 based on 433 isolates and 78 complete genome sequences

MM Jelen, Z Chen, BJ Kocjan, L Hošnjak… - Journal of …, 2016 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT Human papillomavirus 11 (HPV11) is an etiological agent of anogenital warts
and laryngeal papillomas and is included in the 4-valent and 9-valent prophylactic HPV …

Comparison of two widely used human papillomavirus detection and genotyping methods, GP5+/6+-based PCR followed by reverse line blot hybridization and …

GM Clifford, S Vaccarella, S Franceschi… - Journal of clinical …, 2016 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT GP5+/6+-based PCR followed by reverse line blot hybridization (GP5+/6+ RLB)
and multiplex type-specific PCR (E7-MPG) are two human papillomavirus (HPV) genotyping …