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Human Papillomavirus and students in Brazil: an assessment of knowledge of a common infection - preliminary report

Abstract Introduction: Human Papillomavirus (HPV) infection is the most prevalent sexually transmitted disease worldwide. One of the barriers to the implementation of prevention programs against the disease is the limited knowledge possessed by most populations regarding the virus and its possible conse...

Conocimientos sobre el virus del papiloma humano y su vacuna en padres de familia de Rivera, Huila en el 2015

Med. UIS; 30 (1), 2017
RESUMEN Introducción: la vacuna contra el virus del papiloma humano es la medida preventiva más reciente y controversial para el cáncer de cuello uterino. En 2014 Colombia tuvo una serie de supuestas reacciones adversas ante la vacuna que provocó la caída de su cobertura. Objetivo: describir los c...

Anal canal squamous carcinoma

ABSTRACT Background: Anal canal carcinoma is a rare neoplasm, representing 2% of the digestive tumors, and the most common is squamous cell carcinoma, with an increasing incidence. Objective: The study aims to elucidate the pathogenesis of an increasingly prevalent disease, as well as to update treatme...

Prevalencia del virus del papiloma humano en mujeres con citología negativa
Prevalence of Human Papillomavirus Infection in Women with Negative Cytology

Introducción: la infección persistente por los subtipos oncogénicos del virus del papiloma humano es la causa principal del desarrollo del cáncer cérvico-uterino. Las mujeres que presentan citología normal pueden estar infectadas por subtipos de alto riesgo carcinogénico. Objetivo: brindar informa...

High prevalence of human papillomavirus (HPV) in oral mucosal lesions of patients at the Ambulatory of Oral Diagnosis of the Federal University of Sergipe, Northeastern Brazil

J. appl. oral sci; 25 (1), 2017
Abstract The role of human papillomavirus (HPV) in oral carcinogenesis is still controversial as detection rates of the virus in oral cavity reported in the literature varies greatly. Objective The aim of this study was to evaluate the frequency of HPV infection and its genotypes in patients with oral ...

Human papillomavirus vaccine efficacy in the prevention of anogenital warts: systematic review and meta-analysis

Salud pública Méx; 59 (1), 2017
Abstract: Objective: To review evidence on the efficacy of HPV vaccines in the prevention of non-cancer lesions (anogenital warts [AGW], recurrent laryngeal papillomatosis and oral papillomatosis). Materials and methods: We conducted a systematic review of randomized trials. We performed random effec...

Human papillomavirus in oral cavity and oropharynx carcinomas in the central region of Brazil

Abstract Introduction Molecular studies about carcinomas of the oral cavity and oropharynx demonstrate the presence of human papilomavirus genome in these tumors, reinforcing the participation of human papilomavirus in oral carcinogenesis. Objectives This study aimed to determine the prevalence of huma...

Lack of evidence of HPV etiology of prostate cancer following radical surgery and higher frequency of the Arg/Pro genotype in turkish men with prostate cancer

Int. braz. j. urol; 43 (1), 2017
ABSTRACT Objectives The aim of this study was to assess the possible role of HPV in the development of prostate cancer (PCa) and investigate the distribution of the p53 codon 72 polymorphism in PCa in a Turkish population. Materials and methods A total of 96 tissues, which had been obtained using a r...

Papillomavirus infections in the oral and genital mucosa of asymptomatic women

Braz. j. infect. dis; 21 (1), 2017
Abstract Human papillomavirus (HPV) has been found in several regions of the body, including the oral cavity. Recently, this virus has been associated with oropharyngeal cancer, but little is known about HPV transmission to the oral cavity. We carried out a study to investigate concurrent oral and cervic...