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Genotyping of human papillomavirus DNA in anal biopsies and anal swabs collected from HIV-seropositive men with anal dysplasia.

Association of anal dysplasia and human papillomavirus with immunosuppression and HIV infection among homosexual men.

Both anal dysplasia and cervical cancer are related to human papillomavirus (HPV) infection.

Martin presented his own suggestions on whom, when, and how to screen for anal dysplasia, using the [Pap smear].

Stressgen's heat shock protein fusion product, HspE7, designed to invoke a potent immune response, is in clinical development for a broad range of HPV-related diseases including cervical and anal dysplasia, genital warts and recurrent respiratory papillomatosis (RRP).

So did almost 1 in 5 women, including 2 of 5 (40%) with anal warts and 5 of 8 (62%) with anal dysplasia, compared with 20 of 122 (16%) with no anal lesions.

Concerning high-grade AIN, the sensitivity and specificity were, respectively, 16% and 97%, concluding that anal cytology is not sensitive enough to rule out anal dysplasia and should therefore be complemented by high-resolution anoscopy.

HPV is associated with numerous pre-cancerous and cancerous diseases including cervical cancer, vulvar and anal cancer, head and neck cancer, and anal dysplasia.

Anal dysplasia does not progress inexorably to AIN and AIN does not progress inexorably to invasive cancer.