title: [Current knowledge about HPV infection].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Overview of current data on HPV infection.
  
  
  METHODS
  Review article.
  
  
  METHODS
  Clinic of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital in Ostrava, Clinic of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital in Hradec Králové, Clinic of Gynecology and Obstetrics, General University Hospital in Prague.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Human papillomavirus is a sexually transmitted pathogen that causes anogenital disorders. Persistent viral infection with high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) genotypes causes virtually all cancers of the cervix, 60% of vulvar cancers, 70% of vaginal cancers and 93% of anal cancers.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The discovery of oncogenic potential of HPV and knowledge about etiopathogenesis of HPV infection has enabled great advances in primary and secondary prevention of precancerous lesions and malignant diseases.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mladěnka
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kubečková
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sláma
mesh_terms: D001005:Anus Neoplasms / Q000821:virology; D005260:Female; D005833:Genital Neoplasms, Female / Q000821:virology*; D006801:Humans; D030361:Papillomavirus Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis
keywords: human papillomavirus cervical cancer.