Article
Prevalence, genotype distribution and temporal dynamics of human papillomavirus infection in a population in southern Italy.
Le infezioni in medicina - 1 Sept 2017
Del Prete Raffaele, Ronga Luigi, Addati Grazia, Magrone Raffaella, Di Carlo Domenico, Miragliotta Giuseppe
Abstract excerpt
Human papillomavirus (HPV) is considered the most important risk factor for the development of ano-genital region cancer in both women and men. Whereas low-risk genotypes are responsible for cutaneous and genital lesions, high-risk genotypes are associated with ano-genital cancer. The aim of this study was to retrospectively analyse the prevalence, genotype distribution and temporal dynamics of HPV infection in...
Topics
- Adult
- DNA, Viral
- Female
- Genotype
- Humans
- Italy
- Male
- Papillomaviridae
- Papillomavirus Infections
- Prevalence
- Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction
