Diseases associated with human papillomavirus infection.
Human papillomaviruses (HPVs) are ubiquitous, well adapted to their host and cleverly sequestered away from immune responses. HPV infections can be productive, subclinical or latent in both skin and mucosa. The causal association of HPV with cervical cancer, and increasingly with rising numbers of squamous cell carcinomas at other sites in both men and women, is increasingly recognised, while the morbidity of cutaneous HPV lesions, particularly in the immunosuppressed population is also significant. This chapter sets out the range of infections and clinical manifestations of the consequences of infection and its persistence and describes why HPVs are both highly effective pathogens and carcinogens, challenging to eliminate.
HPV Research Group, University of Edinburgh MRC Centre for Reproductive Health, The Queen's Medical Research Institute, 47 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh EH16 4TJ, Scotland, UK. Electronic address: Heather.Cubie@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk.
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D052685:Alphapapillomavirus / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D002278:Carcinoma in Situ / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology; D003218:Condylomata Acuminata / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000302:isolation & purification; D018450:Disease Progression; D004819:Epidermodysplasia Verruciformis / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology; D030361:Papillomavirus Infections / Q000473:pathology*; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology
D004279:DNA, Viral
Cancer; Condylomata; Intraepithelial neoplasia; Warts