Human papillomavirus infections : from laboratory to clinical practice /
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| Author / Creator: | COBO, FERNANDO. |
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| Imprint: | Cambridge, UK ; Philadelphia, PA : Woodhead Pub., 2012 |
| Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Woodhead Publishing series in biomedicine ; 14 |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9859710 |
| Summary: | 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 |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| ISBN: | 1908818174 9781908818171 9781907568749 1907568743 |
