Human Papillomavirus Infections ：From the Laboratory to Clinical Practice ( Woodhead Publishing Series in Biomedicine )

Publication subTitle ：From the Laboratory to Clinical Practice

Publication series ：Woodhead Publishing Series in Biomedicine

Author： Cobo Fernando

Publisher： Elsevier Science‎

Publication year： 2012

E-ISBN: 9781908818171

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9781907568749

P-ISBN(Hardback): 9781907568749

Subject： R373.9 Other virus

Language： ENG

Access to resources Favorite

Disclaimer: Any content in publications that violate the sovereignty, the constitution or regulations of the PRC is not accepted or approved by CNPIEC.

Description

Human papillomavirus (HPV) is one of the most common causes of sexually transmitted diseases worldwide, both in men and women. Human papillomavirus infections provides the scientific background needed to understand the natural history and pathogenesis of HPV infection and offers discussion of its clinical features, diagnosis, treatment and prevention. The book begins with chapters covering the epidemiology, virology, history and transmission of the infection, as well as its pathogenesis and clinical features. Following a discussion of the relationship between HPV and cancer, chapters in the second half of the book look at diagnosis, testing and treatment. The book concludes with detailed coverage of the prevention of HPV through worldwide vaccination programmes.

Covers all the important issues relating to both male and female HPV infection
Provides overview of the current knowledge about epidemiology, basic virology, pathogenesis and diagnosis methods
Explores the relationship between HPV and cancer

Chapter

Cover

pp.： 1 – 8

Human papillomavirus infections: From the laboratory to clinical practice

pp.： 8 – 9

pp.： 9 – 10

Contents

pp.： 10 – 14

List of figures and tables

pp.： 14 – 16

List of abbreviations

pp.： 16 – 18

Preface

pp.： 18 – 20

About the author

pp.： 20 – 21

1 Introduction and epidemiological data

pp.： 21 – 35

2 Basic virology: structure and nomenclature

pp.： 35 – 47

3 Natural history and transmission: anatomic distribution

pp.： 47 – 57

4 Pathogenesis and clinical features

pp.： 57 – 77

5 HPV infection and association with cancer

pp.： 77 – 85

6 Diagnosis of HPV infection

pp.： 85 – 107

7 Clinical utility of HPV testing

pp.： 107 – 119

8 Treatment

pp.： 119 – 127

9 Prevention: HPV vaccines

pp.： 127 – 165

Index

pp.： 165 – 171

The users who browse this book also browse