Prevalence Mohammadreza Haghshenas1, Tahereh Golini-moghaddam2, Alireza Rafiei1, Omid Emadeian2, Ahmad Shykhpour1 and G Hossein Ashrafi3* Abstract Background Cervical cancer is the greater cause of cancer death in women in many developing countries. Persistent infection with human papilloma virus (HPV), primarily high risk types 16 and 18, is recognized as a causal and essential factor for the development of cervical cancer. We […]
Detection of Human Papillomavirus in Bronchoalveolar Lavage
Ioannis N. Mammas, MD, PhD, Apostolos Zaravinos, PhD, George Sourvinos, PhD, and Demetrios A. Spandidos, PhD Background: Human papillomavirus (HPV) has been detected in lungs of adults and has been proposed to play a role in lung carcinogenesis. However, no data are currently available on the incidence of HPV in the lower respiratory tract of […]
