Open AccessModern concepts of epidemiologyHPV-infection
Author(s) -
Kseniya Semenova,
Семенова Ксения Евгеньевна,
Armine Robertovna Khachaturyan,
Хачатурян Арминэ Робертовна
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
žurnalʺ akušerstva i ženskihʺ boleznej
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1684-0461
pISSN - 1683-9366
DOI - 10.17816/jowd6253-14
Subject(s) - medicine , human papillomavirus , hpv infection , cervical cancer , cervical cancer screening , cancer , oncology
Human papillomavirus (HPV) is widespread sexually transmitted infection, which is defined by high risk of contagion and high cancer potential. HPV extension depends on patiens age, residence, opportunites of diagnostics, etc. There are general methods of HPV-diagnostics such as HPV DNA testing, cytological, hystological methods, which are not always useful in detection of transitory and persistent HPV-infection forms. Nowadays, there is acute need to develop new diagnostic and prognostic methods, treatment strategies for patients from various age groups, having different infection formss.