| cervicovaginal human papillomavirus infection in suburban adolescents and young adults. | to investigate the prevalence rates of and risk factors for genital human papillomavirus (hpv) infection in white, middle-class adolescents, we obtained specimens for hpv from 107 patients undergoing pelvic examination at a suburban adolescent health service. specimens were obtained by means of cervicovaginal lavage and were analyzed for hpv dna by southern blot analysis. the subjects' mean age was 18.5 (+/- 2.0 sd) years; 47% of the subjects were seen for contraception, 36% for possible pregnan ... | 1991 | 1658285 |
| human papillomavirus, gonorrhea, syphilis, and cervical dysplasia in jailed women. | we assessed the prevalence of human papillomavirus (hpv) by cervicovaginal lavage and southern blot and inquired about behavioral risk factors for cervical disease and sexually transmitted diseases by interview in 114 female detainees at a large new york city jail. of the women screened, 8% had abnormal pap smears, 35% had hpv, 7% had gonorrhea, and 22% had serologic syphilis. given the high rates of hpv infection and cervical cytology, pap smears should be a routine intake procedure for incarce ... | 1991 | 1928533 |
| gonorrhea and syphilis in incarcerated urban adolescents: prevalence and physical signs. | during a 1-year period from july 1983 to june 1984, 285 adolescent girls and 2,236 adolescent boys, ranging in age from 9 to 18 years (89% were 14 to 16 years of age), were screened for gonorrhea and syphilis on entry into a detention facility in new york city. the prevalence rate for gonorrhea was 3% for boys and 18.3% for girls, and the prevalence rate for syphilis was 0.63% for boys and 2.5% for girls. the rates of gonorrhea without penile or cervical discharge on physical examination were 2. ... | 1987 | 3658575 |
| hpv detection using "hot start" polymerase chain reaction in patients with oral cancer: a clinicopathological study of 64 patients. | we examined the incidence of human papillomavirus (hpv) in intraoral cancers from 64 patients as determined by the highly sensitive technique of "hot start" polymerase chain reaction (pcr) in formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissues. polymerase-chain-reaction-amplified hpv dna was detected in the carcinomas of 16 patients (25%). the percentage of men in the hpv-positive (hpv+) group was greater than that in the hpv-negative (hpv-) group (86% versus 68%), but the difference was not statistically ... | 1994 | 7824504 |
| breast and cervical cancer screening of poor, elderly, black women: clinical results and implications. harlem study team. | our objective is to describe the clinical findings from a nurse-practitioner-based breast and cervical cancer screening program for poor, elderly, black women. we designed a cross-sectional descriptive study set at an urban public hospital medical clinic. all women 65 years of age and older were eligible to be screened. we measured these main outcomes: rates of participation, abnormal tests, and neoplasia. women were offered screening during a routine visit. of 689 women, 491 (71%) participated. ... | 1993 | 8347363 |
| hpv 16 and cigarette smoking as risk factors for high-grade cervical intra-epithelial neoplasia. | although genital human papillomavirus (hpv) infection is well established as the etiologic agent for cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (cin), little is known about the cofactors involved in the development of high-grade lesions or the progression of low-grade to high-grade lesions. in our study of hpv-infected women with cin (163 cin i, 51 cin ii and 44 cin iii), women with cin ii or iii were compared with those with cin i for risk factors associated with high-grade lesions. after controlling f ... | 1998 | 9766558 |
| hiv transmission. | a presentation at the 39th interscience conference on antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy (icaac) noted that people with genital warts have significantly higher levels of semen viral load than those without warts. genital warts are caused by the human papillomavirus (hpv) and are very common among the general population. higher levels of hiv in semen may expose partners of hiv-positive men with genital warts to a greater risk of becoming infected. another session presented statistics showing t ... | 1999 | 11367261 |
| epidermodysplasia verruciformis-associated and genital-mucosal high-risk human papillomavirus dna are prevalent in nevus sebaceus of jadassohn. | the hamartoma nevus sebaceus (ns) presents at birth or early childhood as a yellowish plaque characterized histologically by variable acanthosis, papillomatosis, sebaceus hyperplasia, and proliferations of adnexal structures. clinically apparent human papillomavirus (hpv) infection is also recognized by acanthosis and papillomatosis. | 2008 | 18638629 |
| attitudes and perceptions of the hpv vaccine in caribbean and african-american adolescent girls and their parents. | to describe attitudes and perceptions toward acceptability of human papilloma virus (hpv) vaccination among inner city caribbean (ca) and african american (aa) adolescents and their parents, and discuss correlates that may be associated with these factors. | 2010 | 20452260 |
| text message reminders to promote human papillomavirus vaccination. | to implement and evaluate text message reminders for the second (hpv2) and third (hpv3) vaccine doses. | 2011 | 21300094 |