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Lin LH, Zhou F, Elishaev E, Khader S, Hernandez A, Marcus A, Adler E. Cervicovaginal cytology, HPV testing and vaginal flora in transmasculine persons receiving testosterone. Diagn Cytopathol 2022; 50:518-524. [PMID: 36181432 PMCID: PMC9529242 DOI: 10.1002/dc.25030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2022] [Revised: 07/22/2022] [Accepted: 07/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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BACKGROUND Testosterone is one of the strategies that transmasculine persons can elect in order to align physical traits to their gender identity. Previous studies have shown morphologic changes in the genital tract associated with testosterone. Here, we aim to evaluate cervicovaginal cytology specimens (Pap tests) and high-risk HPV (HR-HPV) testing from transmasculine individuals receiving testosterone. METHODS This is a retrospective cohort of 61 transmasculine individuals receiving testosterone from 2013 to 2021. Cytologic diagnoses from 65 Pap tests were correlated with HPV status and histologic follow-up and compared with the institutional data and a cohort of cisgender women with atrophic changes. RESULTS The median age was 28 years and median time of testosterone use was 3 years. Transmasculine persons showed significantly higher rates of HSIL (2%) and unsatisfactory (16%) when compared with the institutional data and atrophic cohort of cisgender women. After reviewing slides of 46 cases, additional findings were noted: atrophy was present in 87%, glycogenated cells were seen in 30%, and Lactobacilli were substantially decreased in 89%. Among 32 available HPV tests, 19% were positive for HR-HPV and 81% were negative. On histologic follow-up, all HR-HPV-positive cases with abnormal cytology showed HSIL, while none of the HPV-negative cases revealed HSIL. CONCLUSION Our study cohort demonstrated a high percentage of abnormal Pap tests in transmasculine persons receiving testosterone. Testosterone seems to induce changes in squamous cells and shifts in vaginal flora. HR-HPV testing can be a useful adjunct in the workup of abnormal Pap tests from transmasculine individuals.
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- Lawrence Hsu Lin
- Department of Pathology, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Pathology, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Pathology, NYU Long Island School of Medicine, Mineola, NY, USA
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- Department of Pathology, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Pathology, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
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Sana DEM, Mayrink de Miranda P, Pitol BCV, Moran MS, Silva NNT, Guerreiro da Silva IDC, de Cássia Stocco R, Beçak W, Lima AA, Carneiro CM. Morphometric evaluation and nonclassical criteria for the diagnosis of HPV infection and cytological atypia in cervical samples. Diagn Cytopathol 2013; 41:785-92. [DOI: 10.1002/dc.22955] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2011] [Revised: 09/27/2012] [Accepted: 01/01/2013] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Dandara Emery Morais Sana
- Departamento de Análises Clínicas; Escola de Farmácia; Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto (UFOP); Ouro Preto; MG; Brasil
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- Departamento de Análises Clínicas; Escola de Farmácia; Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto (UFOP); Ouro Preto; MG; Brasil
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- Departamento de Análises Clínicas; Escola de Farmácia; Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto (UFOP); Ouro Preto; MG; Brasil
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- Departamento de Análises Clínicas; Escola de Farmácia; Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto (UFOP); Ouro Preto; MG; Brasil
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- Laboratório de Genética; Instituto Butantan; São Paulo; SP; Brasil
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- Departamento de Análises Clínicas; Escola de Farmácia; Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto (UFOP); Ouro Preto; MG; Brasil
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Adab P, McGhee SM, Yanova J, Wong CM, Hedley AJ. Effectiveness and Efficiency of Opportunistic Cervical Cancer Screening. Med Care 2004; 42:600-9. [PMID: 15167328 DOI: 10.1097/01.mlr.0000128007.04494.29] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Several countries have adopted nationally organized cervical screening programs, but many continue with opportunistic screening. Comparison of the effectiveness and efficiency of the 2 systems is important for informing policy. OBJECTIVES The objectives of this study were to assess the effectiveness and efficiency of an opportunistic cervical screening system, and to compare this with what could be achieved through an organized program. RESEARCH DESIGN We propose a model for estimating the effectiveness and efficiency of opportunistic screening systems and demonstrate it using data from a cross-sectional study of 1826 women in Hong Kong. We estimated the coverage and frequency of screening and used this to estimate effectiveness (number of cases of invasive cervical cancer potentially prevented) and efficiency (tests per case prevented) of the current system. Similar estimates were made for various organized programs with different screening intervals and coverage. RESULTS Ever screening coverage in this opportunistic system was 44%, resulting in 26% to 31% reduction in potential new cases (n = 144-183). Compared with this, a 3-yearly or 5-yearly screening policy aiming for 80% coverage would prevent an additional 46% (equivalent to 254 new cases out of a population of 2.3 million women per year) and 41% (222 per year), respectively. This could be achieved with more efficient use of resources, reducing the number of tests per case prevented from 2018 to 1545 and 1007, respectively. CONCLUSIONS At best, the effectiveness of this opportunistic system is equivalent to an organized program with 10-yearly screening and 50% coverage but at much greater cost. Poor coverage and over screening of a minority of women contributes to its inefficiency.
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- Peymané Adab
- Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Sierra-Torres CH, Tyring SK, Au WW. Risk contribution of sexual behavior and cigarette smoking to cervical neoplasia. Int J Gynecol Cancer 2003; 13:617-25. [PMID: 14675345 DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1438.2003.13392.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Infection with high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) is considered a "necessary cause" for cervical cancer (CC); however, only some HPV-infected women develop CC. We report on the differential risk contribution of sexual behavior and cigarette smoking to cervical neoplasia in the US and Venezuela. A total of 142 patients and 158 matched-controls were recruited from both countries using the same recruitment protocol, the same pathologists for case verification, and the same experimental procedures for analysis. HPV infection was significantly associated with CC for both populations as expected, but the Venezuelan controls were twice as likely to be infected with HPV as the US controls. Having >2 lifetime sexual partners (OR = 4.7, 95% CI = 1.7-13.1) and initiation of sexual activities before the age of 18 (OR = 4.7, 95% CI = 1.6-13.7) were significant risk factors in a multivariate model for CC in Venezuela. In contrast, current cigarette smoking was a significant risk factor only in the US (OR = 3.6, 95% CI = 1.7-7.7). The observed differences in risk factors support the need for additional studies in different geographic regions and the information can be used to develop country-specific CC prevention programs.
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- C H Sierra-Torres
- Laboratorio de Genética Humana, Departamento de Ciencias Fisiológicas, Universidad del Cauca, Popayán, Colombia.
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The impact of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) on the development of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) has been increasingly recognized over the last 20 years. Much attention has been focused on human papillomavirus (HPV) and the potential for screening for certain HPV types alongside standard cervical cytology in the hope of identifying those females at particular risk of developing high grade CIN or invasive carcinoma. Some infections, for example herpes simplex virus (HSV), have been heavily investigated in the past as they were thought to be involved in the development of CIN but were subsequently discounted. Also discounted as causes of CIN are Neisseria gonorrhoeae (NG) and Chlamydia trachomatis (CT). These infections were found to be associated with higher rates of CIN in early studies but transpired to be markers for the presence of other infections and pathology and therefore not themselves directly responsible for cytological changes. The role of bacterial vaginosis (BV) is the focus of several current investigations, not only in the genesis of CIN but also in the development of other gynecological and obstetric conditions and complications. Evidence to implicate Trichomonas vaginalis (TV) in the genesis of CIN is conflicting, but there is some evidence that it may exert its influence in a similar way to that hypothesized for BV, ie via abnormal amines. It is well known that there is a high level of concordance of STDs whereby the presence of one infection greatly increases the likelihood of there being one or more others present. There may be a synergism between some infections with regard to the causation of CIN, although the evidence for this is putative. Presented here is an overview of current and previous research in the field of lower genital tract infection as it relates to the development of CIN.
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- D. C. M. Boyle
- Academic Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Imperial College School of Medicine, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, England, UK
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Zazove P, Reed BD, Gregoire L, Ferenczy A, Gorenflo DW, Lancaster WD. Low false-negative rate of PCR analysis for detecting human papillomavirus-related cervical lesions. J Clin Microbiol 1998; 36:2708-13. [PMID: 9705418 PMCID: PMC105188 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.9.2708-2713.1998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Although PCR analysis is a sensitive test for detection of human papillomavirus (HPV) in the cervix, the proportion of cases of cervical dysplasia missed, or the false-negative rate, has been unknown. We determined the accuracy of PCR analysis for HPV DNA as a predictor of HPV-related cervical lesions in a cross-sectional study of sexually active women, aged 18 to 50 years, from the University of Michigan Family Medicine HPV study. Of 133 eligible participants, 41 underwent colposcopy because of a positive result for HPV of the cervix by the PCR method and 92 underwent screening colposcopy with biopsy prior to knowing the HPV PCR results. Twenty-four of those screened were subsequently found to also be HPV DNA positive. In those found to be HPV positive, histological studies revealed the presence of condyloma or cervical intraepithelial neoplasia in 16 women (24.6%) and changes suggestive of condyloma in 5 (7.6%). No HPV-negative woman had an abnormal biopsy or cytology report (P = 0. 000001). The false-negative rate (1 - sensitivity) for HPV PCR analysis for detection of the presence of a cervical HPV-related lesion was 0% (95% confidence interval, 0 to 0.047), and the specificity was 60.7%. In summary, PCR analysis for HPV DNA had a very low false-negative rate for predicting HPV-related lesions of the cervix in a community-based population. This supports the validity of using the absence of HPV at the cervix, as determined by PCR testing, as an inclusion criterion for patients in control groups in studies dealing with low-grade cervical lesions.
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- P Zazove
- Department of Family Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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In the mid-1980s, a clear connection was made between infection by the human papillomavirus (HPV) and cervical cancer. This association led to the generation of a large body of literature about the diagnosis, testing, treatment, transmission and, virological life span of HPV-related neoplasms and cancers. Because of advances in virology, molecular biology, and biochemistry, more is known about HPV and its effects on cervical neoplasms than ever before. Because deaths from cervical cancer, while less common in the United States and western Europe, account for 20% of cancer deaths in women worldwide (1), accurate knowledge of the disease and its prevention is critical for nurses working with patients both with preinvasive and invasive disease.
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- E M Daley
- College of Public Health, University of South Florida, Tampa 33612, USA
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Muñoz N, Kato I, Bosch FX, Eluf-Neto J, De Sanjosé S, Ascunce N, Gili M, Izarzugaza I, Viladiu P, Tormo MJ, Moreo P, Gonzalez LC, Tafur L, Walboomers JM, Shah KV. Risk factors for HPV DNA detection in middle-aged women. Sex Transm Dis 1996; 23:504-10. [PMID: 8946637 DOI: 10.1097/00007435-199611000-00012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Strong epidemiologic evidence indicates that human papillomavirus (HPV) is the main etiologic factor of cervical cancer. A few cohort studies suggest that most HPV infections are transient in young women and that persistent HPV infections are more common in older women. Little is known about the determinants of persistent HPV infections. The present study was aimed at increasing our knowledge about these determinants. GOALS To identify risk factors for genital HPV DNA detection among cytologically normal middle-aged women. STUDY DESIGN Eight hundred ten women who participated as control subjects in three case-control studies on cervical cancer in Spain, Colombia, and Brazil were included in this study. After an interview, women underwent a gynecologic examination with collection of exfoliated cells for a Papanicolaou smear and HPV DNA detection. Human papilloma virus DNA was detected by polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based hybridization techniques. RESULTS The HPV positivity rate was 10.5% in the whole population, but was higher in the areas with high incidence of cervical cancer (17% in Brazil and 13% in Colombia) than in Spain (4.9%), which is a low-risk area for cervical cancer. Age was related to the prevalence of HPV DNA in Brazil, but not in Spain and Colombia. In univariate analyses in all three countries, the prevalence of HPV DNA was positively associated with the number of lifetime sexual partners and inversely associated with the levels of family income and with age at first sexual intercourse. There was four times increase in the odds ratio (OR) of HPV infection in women who had six or more lifetime sexual partners compared with those with one or less. The use of any kind of contraceptive tended to decrease the OR for HPV detection. Their ORs ranged from 0.44 (barrier methods) to 0.48 (oral contraceptives). In Spain and Colombia, antibodies against Chlamydia trachomatis were positively associated with the prevalence of HPV DNA. In a final multivariate model, the positive associations with lifetime number of sexual partners, socioeconomic status, and C. trachomatis persisted. CONCLUSIONS These results support the sexual transmission of HPV and suggest that socioeconomic status and antibodies to C. trachomatis are independent predictors of HPV detection in middle-aged cytologically normal women.
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- N Muñoz
- Unit of Field and Intervention Studies, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
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The genital human papillomavirus (HPV) is directly associated with cervical cancer, the second most common form of cancer among women. The study was guided by a synergistic interaction model of HPV risk factors. The relative risk of selected risk factors and cofactors associated with genital HPV infections was identified. Women at highest risk for acquiring an HPV infection had (a) initiated sex before age 15, (b) more than four lifetime sex partners, (c) more than one "once only" sexual partner, and (d) chosen male sex partners who previously had > 16 other female sex partners. Cofactors that increased risk by possibly contributing to progression of genital HPV infection were initiating oral contraceptive use before age 15 and having acquired more than three other sexually transmitted diseases. Past and current smokers were at a slightly higher risk compared to nonsmokers. Although other studies have identified risk factors, few have identified the relative risk of these factors.
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- J W Kenney
- Arizona State University, Scottsdale, USA
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Sikström B, Hellberg D, Nilsson S, Brihmer C, Mårdh PA. Sexual risk behavior in women with cervical human papillomavirus infection. ARCHIVES OF SEXUAL BEHAVIOR 1996; 25:361-372. [PMID: 8836469 DOI: 10.1007/bf02437579] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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In a study of 972 women, sexual characteristics of 66 women with a cervical human papillomavirus infection (CHPI) were compared to the remaining study population. Among a number of sexual variables that were significantly correlated with CHPI were number of lifetime sexual partners, short partnerships, many recent partners, infidelity, casual travel sex, sexual début abroad, oral and anal sex, and sexual abuse. In multifactorial analyses four variables remained significantly correlated with CHPI, i.e., number of lifetime sexual partners, casual travel sex, sexual début abroad, and infidelity. It is concluded that CHPI shows most of the epidemiological characteristics of a sexually transmitted disease.
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Cox JT. Epidemiology of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia: the role of human papillomavirus. BAILLIERE'S CLINICAL OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY 1995; 9:1-37. [PMID: 7600720 DOI: 10.1016/s0950-3552(05)80357-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The evidence implicating specific HPV types in the aetiology of cervical cancer is now strong enough to establish a causative role. HPV infection of the cervix affects the developing immature metaplastic cells of the transformation zone. Cervical neoplasia can be viewed as the interaction of high risk papillomavirus and immature metaplastic epithelium. Once maturity is reached, there is minimal risk of subsequent development of cervical squamous neoplasia. Exposure to HPV is an extremely common event, especially in young sexually active women. Yet, despite frequent HPV exposure at that phase of life in which the cervical transformation zone is at its most vulnerable, established expressed disease is relatively uncommon. Most studies in which the natural history of CIN is not altered by cervical biopsy reveal a progression rate from low to high grade CIN of less than one third. Where viral type is taken into account, however, the progression rate from normal but high risk HPV-infected cervical epithelium to CIN 2 or 3 is higher. Despite this, most cervical abnormalities will not transform into invasive cancer, even if left untreated. The variance between the high rate of HPV infection, the intermediate rate of CIN and the relatively low rate of cervical cancer establishes a stepwise gradient of disease of increasing severity with decreasing prevalence. In an immunocompetent host, HPV infection alone does not appear to be sufficient to induce the step from high grade CIN to invasion. Epidemiological studies indicating that HPV infection with oncogenic viral types is far more common than cervical neoplasia suggest the necessity of cofactors in cervical carcinogenesis. The long time-lag between initial infection and eventual malignant conversion suggests that random events may be necessary for such conversion, and the spontaneous regression of many primary lesions suggests that most patients are not exposed to these random events. Potential cofactors include cigarette smoking, hormonal effects of oral contraceptives and pregnancy, dietary deficiencies, immunosuppression and chronic inflammation. In those women who develop cervical cancer, malignant progression is rarely rapid, more commonly taking many years or decades. Malignant progression has been documented in patients who presented initially with only low grade HPV-induced atypia. On the other hand, progression may be a misnomer, as 'apparent' progression may really represent adjacent 'de novo' development of higher grade CIN. Although most cervical cancers contain high risk HPV types, up to 15% of such cancers test negative for HPV, raising the possibility that a few, usually more aggressive, cervical cancers may arise from from a non-viral source.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
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- J T Cox
- Gynecology Clinic, University of California, Santa Barbara 93106, USA
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Rotola A, Costa S, Monini P, Vendra C, Guida G, Terzano P, Di Luca D, Martinelli G, Cassai E. Impact of sexual habits on the clinical evaluation of male HPV infection. Eur J Epidemiol 1994; 10:373-80. [PMID: 7843339 DOI: 10.1007/bf01719659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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A series of 199 male regular sexual partners of women attending an STD clinic for the examination and treatment of HPV-associated diseases was examined by peniscopy, surgical biopsy and nucleic acid hybridization for the presence of clinical, histological and molecular markers pathognomic of HPV infection. There was a 100% correlation between condylomata acuminata and detection of HPV type 6 or 11 DNA. Papillary lesions displayed neither histological signs of HPV infection, nor did they harbor HPV DNA (viral types 6, 11, 16, 18, 33) while 44.9% (22/49) of acetowhite epithelia showed HPV-suggestive histological changes. Of the 19 analysed for HPV DNA, 15.8% (3/19) harbored HPV 6/11 and 16 DNA. Regular male and female sexual partners did not always harbor the same HPV types, showing that latent or occult infection and the sexual habits of each individual play an important role in the clinical manifestations of HPV infection observed in sexual couples. The present data show that: i) the likelihood of developing a clinical HPV lesion was affected, to a large extent, by the previous sexual history and habits in the partners of women with flat condylomata, while partners of women with condylomata acuminata or CINs displayed a higher correlation with the current state of infection in their regular partner; ii) despite the assessed infective state of their consorts, men with a low lifetime number of sexual partners seldom displayed HPV-associated acetowhitening.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- Istituto di Microbiologia, Università di Ferrara, Italy
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Veress G, Kónya J, Csiky-Mészáros T, Czeglédy J, Gergely L. Human papillomavirus DNA and anti-HPV secretory IgA antibodies in cytologically normal cervical specimens. J Med Virol 1994; 43:201-7. [PMID: 8083670 DOI: 10.1002/jmv.1890430219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Cervical specimens collected from 163 cytologically healthy women were screened for the presence of human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA and anti-HPV secretory IgA antibodies. HPV DNA was detected by a general primer mediated polymerase chain reaction (PCR), which amplifies a conserved region from the L1 ORF of genital HPVs. The PCR products were typed by restriction enzyme digestion. A total of 35 samples (21.5%) were positive for HPV DNA (13 samples for HPV 6, 6 for HPV 16, 3 for HPV 18, and 13 for untypeable HPV X). HPV DNA positivity was significantly higher among women under 25 years of age (34.8%) than among the older patients (12.4%) (P < 0.001). An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) using synthetic peptide antigens was carried out to detect local secretory IgA antibodies against the following HPV specific antigens: HPV 16 E2, HPV 16 E7, HPV 16 L1, HPV 16 L2, and HPV 11 L2. Thirty-four secretions (20.9%) were found to react with at least one of the oligopeptides. Anti-HPV IgA positivity was the highest among women aged 25-32 years, and it was significantly lower in both the younger and the older age groups (P < 0.05). Correlation between HPV DNA and anti-HPV IgA detection was rather weak: anti-peptide IgA positivity was 34.3% (12 of 35) among HPV DNA positive patients compared to 17.2% (22 of 128) among HPV DNA negative women (P < 0.05). The fluctuating course of latent HPV infections should be considered in evaluating the low level of correlation between HPV DNA and anti-HPV IgA positivity.
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- G Veress
- Institute of Microbiology, University Medical School of Debrecen, Hungary
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Hall S, Wu TC, Soudi N, Sherman ME. Low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions: cytologic predictors of biopsy confirmation. Diagn Cytopathol 1994; 10:3-9. [PMID: 8005037 DOI: 10.1002/dc.2840100103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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One hundred and seven smears demonstrating a low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (LSIL) were analyzed for features predicting subsequent biopsy confirmation. Twelve (29%) of 41 smears showing few LSIL cells were biopsy confirmed compared to 33 (60%) of 55 containing an intermediate number of LSIL cells and 9 (82%) of 11 displaying many LSIL cells (P < 0.002). Thirty-seven (47%) of 78 smears showing mainly condylomatous atypia (CA), 7 (54%) of 13 revealing predominantly cervical intraepithelial neoplasia 1 (CIN 1), and 10 (63%) of 16 displaying both CA and CIN 1 were histologically confirmed (N.S.). Biopsy confirmation was obtained in 35 (65%) of 54 women whose repeat smears obtained at colposcopy demonstrated SIL compared to four (15%) of 26 patients whose repeat smears were normal or contained atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance (P < 0.001). These results suggest that the number of diagnostic cells in an LSIL smear predicts biopsy confirmation and affirm the validity of combining CA and CIN 1 under the category of LSIL in the Bethesda System.
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- S Hall
- Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD 21287
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Marrero M, Väldes O, Alvarez M, Peñate G, Morales E, Rogés G, Otero A, Cutie E. Detection of human papillomavirus by nonradioactive hybridization. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 1994; 18:95-100. [PMID: 8062538 DOI: 10.1016/0732-8893(94)90072-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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The presence of the human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA sequence in cervical smears of women with cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) was investigated through dot blot using a nonradioactive method based on the principle of enhanced chemiluminiscence. From 154 samples examined, 59 (38.3%) had HPV-related sequences determined by dot-blot hybridization; among these, 18 samples (11.68%) reacted either to HPV 6/11 or to HPV 16/18 probes, 20 (12.98%) reacted to only HPV 16/18, and 21 (13.63%) reacted exclusively to HPV 6/11. The relative sensitivity of the method was controlled comparing the results of both tests with those obtained by Southern blot in 32 samples. The risk of HPV positivity was increased in women who first had intercourse at an early age and in patients with CIN II or III. Both associations were significant at the 95% confidence interval (CI). An increased risk of HPV positivity was also associated with patient's age at diagnosis, education levels, number of sexual partners, and use of oral contraceptives, but none of these factors were significant at 95% CI. Other risk factors for cervical cancer, such as the number of pregnancies or cigarette smoking, were not found to be associated with HPV infection and indicate that the association of these factors with cervical cancer probably is independent of HPV infection. Even if HPV is the major risk factor for CIN, this also supports a multifactorial model of cervical cancer etiology with an increased risk of HPV infection.
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- M Marrero
- Department of Virology, Pedro Kouri Institute for Tropical Medicine, Havana, Cuba
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Cavaliere MJ, Maeda MY, Shirata NK, Longatto Filho A, Shih LW, de Siqueira M, de Muelenare Correa MG, Oliveira HF. Cervico-vaginal Chlamydia trachomatis infection in pregnant adolescent and adult women. A morphologic and immunofluorescent study. Arch Gynecol Obstet 1993; 253:175-82. [PMID: 8161251 DOI: 10.1007/bf02766643] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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We studied the incidence of cervical Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) in 65 adolescents aged between 14 and 19 years and 65 adults aged 20 years or more. All subject were more than three months advanced in a normal pregnancy. Two samples for cytology were obtained from each patient, one ecto- and endocervical, with Ayre's spatula and cytobrush, and one only endocervical with cytobrush. The first one was examined after Papanicolaou staining and the second one was examined with the easily performed immunofluorescence reaction to CT (IF)--Microtrak, SYVA. Twenty seven adolescent patients (41.5%) and fourteen adults (21.5%) had a positive IF test for CT; the rate in adolescents was significantly higher (P < 0.01) than in adults. The Papanicolaou (Pap) stained slides, examined blind for evidence of CT infection showed a sensitivity of 70.7%, a specificity of 95.5% and positive and negative predictive values of 87.8% and 87.6% respectively. Seven adolescents showed cytological signs of Papillomavirus (HPV) infection, and six of them were also CT positive; five had signs of HPV infection and 4 of them were CT positive.
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- M J Cavaliere
- Pathology Division, Adolfo Lutz Institute, São Paulo, Brasil
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Rymark P, Forslund O, Hansson BG, Lindholm K. Genital HPV infection not a local but a regional infection: experience from a female teenage group. Genitourin Med 1993; 69:18-22. [PMID: 8383095 PMCID: PMC1195003 DOI: 10.1136/sti.69.1.18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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OBJECTIVES To investigate the prevalence of human papillomavirus (HPV) infections in a group of female teenagers, and to analyse to what extent HPV DNA was also detectable, in urethra and cervix samples among the patients with macroscopic genital warts compared with those without. DESIGN The patients were interviewed about their sexual habits and history of venereal diseases. They underwent a gynaecological health control examination, including macroscopic inspection for genital warts and collection of a cytological vaginal smear (Pap smear). Cell samples were also taken from endocervix and urethra and from vulva lesions, when found. These samples were tested for HPV DNA of the types 6, 11, 16, 18 and 33 using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technique. SETTING An adolescence out-patient clinic in Malmö, Sweden. SUBJECTS Forty-nine female teenagers consulting for gynaecological complaints, some of them for genital warts. RESULTS Twenty patients had present and four had a history of genital warts (group A). The other 25 patients had no visible lesions (group B). In the first group (A) 18 of the 24 patients were positive for HPV DNA in one or more of the three locations studied. More patients were positive in urethra (17) than in cervix (15). In group B four of the 25 patients were positive for HPV DNA in urethra, three of these also in cervix. In the two groups 11 and four patients, respectively, showed pathological Pap smears. CONCLUSIONS The finding of HPV DNA in urethra, both from women with and without visible genital warts, indicates that there is a high probability that the infection is also present in cervix, suggesting that the genital HPV infections are multifocal. Thus, patients with genital warts are most likely to have cervical HPV infections and will more often have pathological Pap smears than patients without warts.
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- P Rymark
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Lund, Malmö General Hospital, Sweden
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Morrison EA, Ho GY, Vermund SH, Goldberg GL, Kadish AS, Kelley KF, Burk RD. Human papillomavirus infection and other risk factors for cervical neoplasia: a case-control study. Int J Cancer 1991; 49:6-13. [PMID: 1874571 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.2910490103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 120] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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A case control design has been used to investigate risk factors associated with the development of cervical squamous intraepithelial lesions (SIL) in a population of urban women in which non-affluent minority groups were heavily represented. Eighty-five women with histologically confirmed SIL were compared to a control group of 70 cytologically normal women. HPV infection was determined using both Southern blot hybridization and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification specific for HPV types 16, 18, and 33. When Southern blot was used to detect HPV, logistic regression analysis identified HPV infection (odds ratio (OR) = 17.9, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 6.2-51.6) and low educational achievement (OR = 3.4, 95% CI = 1.2-10.1) as major independent risk factors. When PCR was employed to detect HPV, the logistic regression model suggested that HPV infection (OR = 10.4, 95% CI = 3.6-30.4) and Hispanic ethnicity (OR = 5.0, 95% CI = 1.2-20.5) represented independent risk factors; low educational achievement and Black ethnicity were risk factors of borderline significance. PCR detection of simultaneous co-infection with more than one HPV type was associated with a very high risk of SIL (OR for one type = 7.2, 95% CI = 2.4-21.9; OR for greater than I type = 43.0, 95% CI = 6.9-266.6). Furthermore, increased viral load determined by either method carried an increased risk of disease. HPV infection with viral types previously reported to be related to neoplastic or dysplastic lesions carried the highest risk of SIL. The association of HPV detected by Southern blot and SIL in women less than 35 years old had an OR of 10.1, whereas in women greater than or equal to 35 the OR was 74.5 (p = 0.09 for homogeneity of ORs). We conclude that infection with HPV is the major risk factor for cervical SIL and suggest that targeted HPV screening of women over age 35 may represent an innovative strategy to detect women at high risk of cervical neoplasia.
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- E A Morrison
- Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461
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Van Den Brule AJ, Walboomers JM, Du Maine M, Kenemans P, Meijer CJ. Difference in prevalence of human papillomavirus genotypes in cytomorphologically normal cervical smears is associated with a history of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia. Int J Cancer 1991; 48:404-8. [PMID: 1645699 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.2910480317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The prevalence of human papillomavirus (HPV) genotypes was investigated by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method in cytologically normal and abnormal cervical scrapes obtained from asymptomatic women (n = 1,346), participating in a triennial screening program for cervical cancer, and from a gynecological outpatient population (n = 593). In the symptom-free population oncogenic HPV types 16, 18, 31 and 33 were present in 1.5% of cytologically normal scrapes, while the overall HPV prevalence rate was 3.5%. Significantly, higher HPV prevalence rates of 7% (oncogenic HPV; p less than 0.01) and 14% (all HPV; p less than 0.01), respectively, were found in cytologically normal scrapes of the gynecologic outpatient population. It appeared that in this outpatient group 78% of the smears containing HPV 16 and 18 were associated with a history of cervical pathology, i.e. cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade I to III. In smears with mild and severe dysplasia and smears suspected of carcinoma in situ from both populations, the overall HPV prevalence was 70%, 84% and 100%, respectively. In all squamous-cell carcinomas of the cervix (n = 50) HPV was detected. Frequencies of HPV 16 and 18 increased from 41% in mild dysplasia to 94% in cervical carcinomas. Since a low prevalence of HPV was found in cytomorphologically normal cervices of women without a clinicopathological history, the findings in this study suggest that HPV detection in population-based screening programs for cervical neoplasia can be an important tool in identifying women who are at risk of developing dysplasia and cervical cancer.
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- A J Van Den Brule
- Department of Pathology, Free University Hospital, De Boelelaan Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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