Microcompetition explains the underlying cause of many major diseases and shows how dormant viruses actually can cause disease while still dormant. Center for the Biology of Chronic Disease Rochester, New York (PRWEB) March 17, 2012 PRESS RELEASE – PR Web According to the FDA, active viruses cause disease; dormant viruses do not. The Center for […]
Study: Half of Men Had Genital HPV Infection
By Mary Ann Moon Approximately half of men of all ages were infected with genital human papillomavirus, according to a prospective study of three urban areas in the United States, Brazil, and Mexico. In addition, men’s risk for acquiring HPV did not decline with age as it does in women, but appeared to remain stable […]
CASP8 promoter polymorphism is associated with high-risk HPV types and abnormal cytology but not with cervical cancer
Chatterjee K, Williamson AL, Hoffman M, Dandara C. Division of Medical Virology and Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine (IIDMM), University of Cape Town, Cape Town, Republic of South Africa. Abstract Only a small fraction of women infected with human papillomavirus (HPV) progress to cervical cancer pointing to additional risk factors including host genetics […]