OBJECTIVE Only a portion of the US population is willing to consider HPV vaccination to date. The primary aim of this study is to determine the decisional satisfaction associated with HPV vaccination. STUDY DESIGN This is a prospective survey conducted at an urban college where women 18-26 years old completed a decisional satisfaction survey about their HPV vaccine experience. RESULTS Regar...

Venereal genital dermatoses are cutaneous morbidities contracted and transmitted by sexual contact. They caused microorganisms that survive on the skin or mucous membranes, via semen, vaginal secretions, blood during intercourse. Data pattern of presentation diagnoses venereal genial limited in Nigeria. The aim this study was to determine over a 5-year period University Benin Teaching Hospital ...

OBJECTIVE To assess the potential epidemiological and economic impact of a prophylactic quadrivalent human papillomavirus (HPV) (6/11/16/18) vaccine for preventing cervical cancer, cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grades 2 and 3 (CIN2/3), CIN1 and genital warts. DESIGN Cost-utility analysis. SETTING UK. POPULATION Female and male UK population 12 years or older. METHODS We adapted a p...

Background and aims: The increasing incidence of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and HPV-linked conditions like genital warts (GWs) among women is a worldwide concern. Sexual contact is the chief route of transmission of genital HPV infections and it has been estimated that about 70–80% of sexually active individuals will be exposed to genital HPV in their lifetime. Sexually active women u...

Hypospadias, a congenital malformation of the penis characteristic of an abnormal urethral orifice, affects 1 in every 125 boys, and its incidence is rising. Herein we test the hypothesis that the basement membrane protein laminin α5 (LAMA5) plays a key role in the development of the mouse genital tubercle, the embryonic anlage of the external genitalia. Using standard histological analyses and...

Management of periungual wart is a great challenge, especially when there is subungual extension. The major cause of recurrence of wart is improper clinical assessment of its extent and not directing therapy against the entire wart. This difficulty of ascertaining its extent could be overcome with this finger-shaped red light emitting diode device. Red light in the device penetrates the thick p...

Sir, Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the causative agent of certain benign and malignant tumours. HPV subtypes 6 and 11 cause approximately 90% of cases of genital warts (the most common sexually transmitted disease) (1, 2) and virtually all cases of recurrent respiratory papillomatosis (3, 4). They are classified as low-risk for carcinogenesis, whilst the high-risk subtypes, such as 16 and 18, c...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the efficacy of duct tape occlusion therapy for the treatment of common warts in adults. DESIGN Double-blind controlled clinical intervention trial. SETTING Veterans Affairs medical center. PARTICIPANTS A total of 90 immunocompetent adult volunteers with at least 1 wart measuring 2 to 15 mm were enrolled between October 1, 2004, and July 31, 2005. Eighty patients com...