Results: 3

Burden of genital warts in Colombia: an observational study

Introduction: Genital warts are benign lesions caused by sexual transmission of human papillomavirus types 6 and 11, with significant impact on healthcare resource use and patients’ quality of life. Objective: To describe the epidemiology of genital warts in adults visiting a physician office for any r...

High-risk mucosal HPV types associated with squamous cell carcinoma on the nose tip in an immunocompetent young man

An. bras. dermatol; 93 (5), 2018
Abstract: The oncogenic role of high-risk HPV in anogenital, head and neck, and cervical cancer is well recognized, but not in skin cancer in the general population. Some authors have demonstrated their appearance mainly on the hands and feet, particularly in the area of the nail bed, which could be due ...

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...