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Human papillomavirus infections in children

Current Opinion in Pediatrics, 2004
The human papillomavirus is a ubiquitous 55-nm DNA virus that causes a variety of clinical disease states in children, commonly referred to as warts. The natural history of warts is spontaneous regression through the development of a complex blend of cell-mediated and humoral immunity.
Nanette B. Silverberg, Nanette B. Silverberg   +1 more
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Epidemiology of Human Papillomavirus Infection

Scandinavian Journal of Urology and Nephrology, 2000
Anogenital human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is a sexually transmitted disease (STD) that typically follows a self-limiting transient course for both sexes. The HPV incidences and prevalences vary greatly, because they reflect the sexual activity of the individuals studied and of the population they are in contact with.
Vinther Cc, Settgast Iw, Nielsen Jd, A. Holm-Nielsen, Jespersen J, Gram J   +5 more
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Human Papillomavirus Infections

Advances in Pediatrics, 1992
Though the existence of disease associated with HPV has been documented for centuries, it has been only within the past 2 decades that we have recognized the clinical diversity and significant morbidity and mortality associated with HPV infections.
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Persistent papillomavirus infection in a cat

Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association, 1996
A seven-year-old, neutered male, crossbred Persian was diagnosed as having persistent, cutaneous papillomavirus infection. The skin lesions consisted of round, multifocal-to-confluent, raised, black plaques on the neck, thorax, shoulders, and forelegs.
T P Lewis nd, A M Hargis, Gregory A. Bradley, Fernando Lozano-Alarcon, M. R. Shupe, E G Clark   +5 more
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Human Papillomavirus Infection and Vaccination

Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 2016
Human papillomavirus (HPV) is an infection that can be sexually transmitted and result in health consequences including genital warts and cancers. Two vaccines, Gardasil® [Human Papillomavirus Quadrivalent (Types 6, 11, 16, and 18) Vaccine, Recombinant] and Cervarix™ [Human Papillomavirus Bivalent (Types 16 and 18) Vaccine], have been approved for the ...
Katie Valentino, Cathlin B. Poronsky
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Epidemiology of Human Papillomavirus Infections

Hospital Practice, 1997
(1997). Epidemiology of Human Papillomavirus Infections. Hospital Practice: Vol. 32, No. 11, pp. 39-41.
E.J. Mayeaux, Shannon D. Spigener
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Interferons in human papillomavirus infections

Antiviral Research, 1994
Human papillomavirus (HPV) infections usually present as benign warts (e.g., condyloma acuminatum, CA) but can also be responsible for dysplasia and carcinoma. Therapeutic options include chemotherapeutic agents, cryotherapy and surgery, but all these treatments are anti-tumor, not anti-viral.
Stephen K. Tyring, Richard Cirelli
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THERAPEUTIC APPROACHES TO PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS

Dermatologic Clinics, 1997
Human papillomaviruses (HPVs) cause benign tumors (i.e., warts) and are occasionally responsible for malignant tumors such as squamous-cell carcinomas. Therapy for most warts is commonly via surgical or cytodestructive methods. Presently, only one antiviral/immunomodulatory drug is available for wart therapy; this agent, interferon alpha (IFN alpha ...
Garrard E. Baker, Stephen K. Tyring
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Papillomavirus Infections in Animals

1987
Papillomaviruses have been associated with a number of hyperplastic and neoplastic lesions in a wide variety of vertebrate species (Tables 1–3). In humans, induced lesions are usually papillomas, some of which, notably those of the lower genital tract and skin, may progress to squamous cell carcinomas.
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Genital human papillomavirus infections

Current Opinion in Urology, 2002
Human papillomavirus infections of the genitals are very widespread in the sexually active population throughout the world. Not only cosmetically unattractive skin warts but also genital squamous epithelial carcinomas of both sexes may be caused by human papillomavirus infections.
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