Article
Concurrent HPV infection in oral and genital mucosa.
Journal of oral pathology & medicine : official publication of the International Association of Oral Pathologists and the American Academy of Oral Pathology - 1 Mar 1998
Badaracco G, Venuti A, Di Lonardo A, Scambia G, Mozzetti S, Benedetti Panici P, Mancuso S, Marcante M L
Abstract excerpt
Screening for human papillomavirus (HPV) types was performed by a PCR-based assay on 29 women (mean age 34.0 years, range 21-48 years). HPV-DNA was demonstrated in 16 women (55.2%), with a detection rate of 37.9% in the oral cavity and 34.5% in the genital tract. HPV-16 was the most prevalent genotype (53.8%), followed by HPV-6, which was present in 34.6% of the positive samples. Other types were more rarely...
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