Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection: a Mozambique overview

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• 作者：Damiano Pizzol ; Giovanni Putoto ; Kajal D. Chhaganlal
• 刊名：Indian Journal of Virology
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：June 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：27
• 期：2
• 页码：116-122
• 全文大小：385 KB
• 刊物主题：Microbiology; Life Sciences, general; Biochemistry, general; Protein Structure; Cell Biology;
• 出版者：Springer India
• ISSN：0974-0120
• 卷排序：27

文摘

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.KeywordsHPVInfectious diseaseGenital wartsHPV and cancerHPV and fertility