HPV: diagnosis, prevention, and treatment

Clin Obstet Gynecol. 2012 Sep;55(3):671-80. doi: 10.1097/GRF.0b013e31825caa36.

Abstract

Human papilloma virus (HPV) is the most common sexually transmitted disease in the world. Almost 80% of the world's population is exposed by the age of 50. HPV can cause oropharyngeal, genital, and anal cancers. It also causes genital warts. There is no cure for HPV but vaccines are available to prevent infection by the most common HPV viruses; unfortunately, usage is low. Most people will clear HPV spontaneously. Those who do not are at high risk for developing malignancy. Treatment mainstays are destruction and excision of the lesions.

MeSH terms

  • Anus Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Anus Neoplasms / prevention & control
  • Anus Neoplasms / therapy
  • Colposcopy
  • Condylomata Acuminata / diagnosis
  • Condylomata Acuminata / prevention & control
  • Condylomata Acuminata / therapy
  • Cryotherapy
  • Female
  • Human Papillomavirus Recombinant Vaccine Quadrivalent, Types 6, 11, 16, 18
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Papillomaviridae*
  • Papillomavirus Infections* / diagnosis
  • Papillomavirus Infections* / prevention & control
  • Papillomavirus Infections* / therapy
  • Papillomavirus Vaccines / therapeutic use*
  • Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / prevention & control
  • Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / therapy

Substances

  • Human Papillomavirus Recombinant Vaccine Quadrivalent, Types 6, 11, 16, 18
  • Papillomavirus Vaccines
  • human papillomavirus vaccine, L1 type 16, 18