Article
The relationship between the cervical and anal HPV infection in women with cervical intraepithelial neoplasia.
Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology - 1 Jan 2014
Sehnal Borek, Dusek Ladislav, Cibula David, Zima Tomas, Halaska Michael, Driak Daniel, Slama Jiri
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: More than 90% of cases of anal cancers are caused by high-risk human papillomavirus (HR HPV) infection and a history of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) is established as possible risk factor. OBJECTIVES: To demonstrate relationship between anal and cervical HPV infection in women with different grades of CIN and microinvasive cervical cancer. STUDY DESIGN: A total of 272 women were enrolled...
Topics
- Adult
- Anal Canal
- Cervix Uteri
- Cohort Studies
- Female
- Genotype
- Humans
- Middle Aged
- Molecular Epidemiology
- Papillomaviridae
- Papillomavirus Infections
