Risk of human papillomavirus (HPV) transmission during laser vaporisation of genital warts or loop electrode excision procedure is controversial. An oral rinse, a nasal swabs, history of HPV related diseases and data on HPV exposure were collected from 287 employees at departments of dermato-venerology and gynaecology in Denmark. A mucosal HPV type was found among 5.8% of employees with experie...

Removal of genital warts by thermocautery was performed in 108 patients (57 men and 51 women) under topical anaesthesia with a local anaesthetic cream, lidocaine and prilocaine (EMLA). Most men had warts in the preputial cavity, most women had warts situated on the mucous membranes of the vulva, and warts at multiple sites were common. About 1 ml of cream per lesion was applied to the warts for...

Background: Non-genital warts are a very common and benign skin disease caused by low-risk Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) infection. Common warts, flat plantar clinical manifestations of non-genital many different types HPV. Data on the prevalence or incidence in Bali is still limited. Therefore, it important to identify as reference for conducting further studies cases. This research studied inci...

Genital warts are a clinical manifestation of HPV types 6 and 11, and are estimated to affect 1% of sexually active adults aged between 15 and 49. HPV leading to a broad spectrum of human diseases, ranging from benign warts to malignant neoplasms, depending on the location of the lesion, the immune status of the patient and the type of HPV. Current therapies for human papillomavirus-associated ...

Chronic infection with human papillomavirus (HPV) causes more than 300,000 cases of genital warts and nearly 26,000 new cancers in the United States each year, incurring costs of around $8 billion annually. Preventing most of these cases of disease through widespread HPV vaccination is a singular opportunity that the United States is largely missing. Human papillomavirus vaccination is low in t...

BACKGROUND Condyloma acuminata are soft, skin colored, fleshy warts that are caused by the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV). The disease is highly contagious, can appear singly or in groups, small or large. The incubation period may be from 1-6 months. Although anogenital warts are considered to be sexually transmitted in adults, this may not be the case for children. Genital warts in children may r...

BACKGROUND Infection with human papilloma virus (HPV) is the most common sexually transmitted disease in the world. Among the 630 million new cases of HPV that occur each year, 30 million develop anogenital warts. Although subclinical infection with HPV is the most common cause, genital warts are also associated with immunosuppression caused by HIV. In view of the high prevalence of HPV/HIV co-...

Anogenital warts represent a major therapeutic problem in genitourinary medicine. A wide range of treatment modalities is available (the usual indication that none is ideal). This therapeutic problem is not new; in the sixth century, Dionysius graphically described treatment of genital warts: "The surgeons spared neither iron nor fire, and were not moved to pity by the cries of the patients". B...