title: Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection: a Mozambique overview.
abstract: Human Papillomavirus is agent of the most common sexually transmitted disease which is able to infect mucosal and cutaneous membranes of the anogenital region, upper aerodigestive tract, and other head and neck mucosal regions. Although mainly HPV infection can be asymptomatic and transient, it may persist and give rise to various lesions such as warts, condyloma dysplasia and cancers depending on low or high risk type of HPV infection. Moreover, growing recent evidence suggests a role of this virus in male and female fertility. To date no effective prevention, test, treatment and control strategies are provided for people in developing countries despite the reported high incidence of HPV both in women and men. This paper reviews the more recent literature about HPV infection highlighting epidemiology, related pathologies and possible fertility effects of HPV in male and female with particular attention to the Mozambique context.
authors.affiliation: Operative Research Unit, Doctors with Africa CUAMM, Rua Fernao Mendes Pinto 165, Ponta Gea, 1363 Beira, Mozambique ; Center for Research in Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Health Sciences, Catholic University of Mozambique, Beira, Mozambique.
authors.forename: Damiano
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pizzol
authors.affiliation: Operative Research Unit, Doctors with Africa CUAMM, Rua Fernao Mendes Pinto 165, Ponta Gea, 1363 Beira, Mozambique ; Center for Research in Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Health Sciences, Catholic University of Mozambique, Beira, Mozambique.
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Putoto
authors.affiliation: Operative Research Unit, Doctors with Africa CUAMM, Padua, Italy ; Center for Research in Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Health Sciences, Catholic University of Mozambique, Beira, Mozambique.
authors.forename: Kajal D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Chhaganlal
keywords: Genital warts; HPV; HPV and cancer; HPV and fertility; Infectious disease