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Human Papillomavirus Infections
From the Laboratory to Clinical Practice
- 1st Edition - July 27, 2012
- Author: Fernando Cobo
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 9 0 7 5 6 8 - 7 4 - 9
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 9 0 8 8 1 8 - 1 7 - 1
Human papillomavirus (HPV) is one of the most common causes of sexually transmitted diseases worldwide, both in men and women. Human papillomavirus infections provides the… Read more
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Request a sales quoteHuman papillomavirus (HPV) is one of the most common causes of sexually transmitted diseases worldwide, both in men and women. Human papillomavirus infections provides the scientific background needed to understand the natural history and pathogenesis of HPV infection and offers discussion of its clinical features, diagnosis, treatment and prevention. The book begins with chapters covering the epidemiology, virology, history and transmission of the infection, as well as its pathogenesis and clinical features. Following a discussion of the relationship between HPV and cancer, chapters in the second half of the book look at diagnosis, testing and treatment. The book concludes with detailed coverage of the prevention of HPV through worldwide vaccination programmes.
- Covers all the important issues relating to both male and female HPV infection
- Provides overview of the current knowledge about epidemiology, basic virology, pathogenesis and diagnosis methods
- Explores the relationship between HPV and cancer
Practitioners: microbiologists, pathologists, infectologists, gynecologist, primary health care physician, primary health care nurses and epidemiologists; Researchers and laboratory workers
List of figures and tables
List of abbreviations
Preface
About the author
Chapter 1: Introduction and epidemiological data
Abstract:
1.1 Data about general epidemiology
1.2 HPV types and their relationship with human diseases
1.3 Epidemiology of HPV in men
Chapter 2: Basic virology: structure and nomenclature
Abstract:
2.1 HPV nomenclature
2.2 HPV structure
2.3 Classification: types, subtypes and variants
2.4 Function of viral proteins
Chapter 3: Natural history and transmission: anatomic distribution
Abstract:
3.1 Methods of transmission of HPV infections
3.2 Natural history of HPV infection
Chapter 4: Pathogenesis and clinical features
Abstract:
4.1 Pathogenesis
4.2 Clinical features
Chapter 5: HPV infection and association with cancer
Abstract:
5.1 The relationship between HPV and cancer
Chapter 6: Diagnosis of HPV infection
Abstract:
6.1 Methods of specimen collection
6.2 Conventional and monolayer cytology
6.3 Histopathology
6.4 HPV nucleic acid detection
6.5 Serological assays
6.6 Diagnostic utility of P16INK4a
6.7 Evaluation of DNA testing and HPV mRNA with liquid-based cytology
Chapter 7: Clinical utility of HPV testing
Abstract:
7.1 Screening programmes for cervical cancer diagnosis
7.2 Strategies for the management of HPV infection and risk of cancer
Chapter 8: Treatment
Abstract:
8.1 Treatment of benign lesions
8.2 Treatment of precancerous lesions
8.3 Treatment of cancer
Chapter 9: Prevention: HPV vaccines
Abstract:
9.1 HPV vaccine types
9.2 Recommendations for the use of HPV vaccines
9.3 HPV vaccine acceptance and licensure status
9.4 Areas for research in HPV vaccines
9.5 Therapeutic vaccines
9.6 The vaccination experience worldwide
Index
- No. of pages: 168
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: July 27, 2012
- Imprint: Woodhead Publishing
- Hardback ISBN: 9781907568749
- eBook ISBN: 9781908818171
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Fernando Cobo
Dr Fernando Cobo is a specialist in microbiology working in the Microbiology Department of the Hospital de Poniente, Spain, and has previously worked at the University Hospital Virgen de las Nievas and the Stem Cell Bank of Andalucía. He is a member of several professional societies including the Spanish Society of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, and has published over 50 peer-reviewed journal articles, 10 books, 90 book chapters, and 120 national and international conference papers.
Affiliations and expertise
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