The terrestrial snail, Euhadra peliomphala, has a peculiar organ between the optic tentacles named the head-wart, which releases a sex pheromone just before courtship. The development of the head-wart was closely correlated with the sexual maturity of the snail. Castration led to the atrophy of the head-wart. Subsequent injection of hermaphrodite gland homogenate into the body cavity of castrat...

Background: Mucocutaneous manifestations may occur inevery stage of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection.Some of them may be the first presentations. In this study, weevaluated the prevalence of dermatologic manifestations as thefirst presentations of HIV/AIDS in 25 Iranian patients.Method: In a cross sectional study, we evaluated 25 new casesof HIV infection whose HIV infections were d...

in this research, the effect of crops such as corn, wheat, sugar beet and clover as previous crop on incidence of leaf and crown wart disease of sugar beet was studied. in the first year, corn, wheat, clover and sugar beet were planted as previous crop in a randomized complete block design with four replications. the amounts of turnover of nitrogen to the soil due to crop residue and their effe...

Warts are little lumps growing in the skin. You might have had a wart or know them from children’s books, typically on witches’ noses. quite common children. Did you ever wonder where they come from? be surprised to learn that warts caused by virus. Viruses germs need cells multiply themselves. Cells building blocks of all living things. The virus causes warts, called human papillomavirus, infe...

Anogenital warts (condyloma acuminatum or venereal warts) are a common sexually transmitted disease in males and females. Common clinical treatment of anogenital warts is conservative, however, in extreme cases conservative therapy is insufficient and surgical excision is required. Giant condyloma acuminata (Buschke-Löwenstein tumour) is an extremely rare clinical type of genital wart, characte...

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...

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...