The intestinal mucosa has an important role as portal of entry during mother‐to‐child
transmission of HIV‐1 and during sexual transmission. Tissue morphology and integrity, as …

Background: Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is associated with cervical cancer;
however, it is controversial whether it is involved in non-cervical genital cancers. Objective …

Background Anal cancer is a human papillomavirus (HPV)-mediated neoplasia of the anal
squamous epithelium. Anal cancer is much more common among women, particularly those …

Objectives Globally, anal cancer incidence is rare, but is increasing in some world regions.
Our objective was to assess differences in anal HPV natural history in three countries …

Background. The purpose of this study was to assess the risk of sequential acquisition of
anal human papillomavirus (HPV) infection following a type-specific genital HPV infection for …

Prevalence of human papillomavirus (HPV) infections was assessed among 1033 young
men who have sex with men (MSM) aged 18–26 years. HPV (any type) was detected in 742 …

Background Female youth with perinatally acquired human immunodeficiency virus (PHIV)
may be at higher risk than uninfected youth for persistent anogenital human papillomavirus …

Infection with certain types of human papillomavirus (HPV) has been associated with the
development of cervical and anal cancer. Worldwide, the incidence of anal cancer has …

Aim: To investigate the anal component of the anogenital Human Papillomavirus (HPV)
related disease during surveillance of patients treated for cervical intraepithelial neoplasia …

Oral human papillomavirus (HPV) is associated with increasing rates of HPV‐associated
oropharyngeal cancer (OPC) in men. Sequential infection from one site to another has been …