The Bug Breakfast topic for October was Human Papilloma Virus (HPV). The presenters covered the epidemiology of HPV, the newly introduced HPV vaccine and social and psychological issues relating to HPV vaccination.

BACKGROUND Human papilloma virus (HPV) infection is highest among Black women and women of low socio economic position (SEP). These groups face inequities in access to health information on HPV. OBJECTIVES Our study sought to understand key information channels for delivering health information regarding HPV and the HPV vaccine to Black women of low SEP in Boston, Massachusetts. We anticipate...

BackgroundAn increase in human papillomavirus test volumes is expected the near future because papillomavirus–based screening protocols are to become more widely adopted.ObjectiveThe IMproving Primary Screening And Colposcopy Triage trial, a prospective, multicenter, US-based cervical cancer was conducted obtain US Food and Drug Administration approvals for new, high-throughput cobas (cobas HPV...

Papillomas of the conjunctival surface in people can be of viral or nonviral origin and are found in high association with human papillomavirus. Canine conjunctival papillomas are seldom described, and published accounts have mostly been associated with canine oral papillomavirus infection. Here, we describe conjunctival squamous papillomas that do not express papillomavirus proteins and compar...

Expression of human papillomavirus late genes encoding L1 and L2 capsid proteins is restricted to terminally differentiated epithelial cells. We have previously identified and characterized an AU-rich, cis-acting negative regulatory element in the 3' untranslated region of human papillomavirus type 1 late mRNAs. This element acts posttranscriptionally to reduce mRNA levels and the translation e...

This study showed the prevalence of human papillomavirus (HPV) variants as well as nucleotide changes within L1 gene and LCR of the HPV16, HPV31, and HPV58 found in cervical lesions of women from North-East Brazil.

The aim of the study was to analyse a part of the sequence of the E5 gene of bovine papillomaviruses (BPV) associated with equine sarcoids in Polish horses. Samples of 40 skin lesions obtained from 29 horses were collected for molecular examination. The PCR amplicons of BPV DNA were detected in 38 specimens. After phylogenetic analysis 37 specimens were recognized as BPV-1 and one as BPV-2. Phy...

This is the first WHO position paper on vaccines against diseases caused by human papillomaviruses (HPVs). To complement the text and the selected references offered in this document, a comprehensive WHO background paper provides additional information and references reflecting evidence available to the end of September 2008 [1]. The final section of this position paper provides links to 5 grad...

In order to investigate whether previous findings of ubiquitous skin papillomavirus infection in Caucasians apply to populations from other parts of the world, skin swab samples from Bangladesh, Japan, Ethiopia and Zambia were analysed in parallel with Swedish samples. The prevalence of HPV DNA in the material from Bangladesh was 68 %, Japan 54 %, Ethiopia 52 %, Zambia 42 % and Sweden 70 %. A g...