They now report that if a woman has genital herpes in addition to HPV, her risk of cervical cancer nearly doubles. HPV is the most common sexually transmitted disease in the United States ...

An adequate specimen should be taken for viral identification by firmly rubbing open lesions with a cotton- or Dacron-tipped swab (after warning the patient that the procedure will cause discomfort).

Q: My doctor just told me that I have herpes. I don’t know if I got it from my last boyfriend or the one-night stand I had after we broke up. I'm so upset, I feel like I never want to have sex ...

In women with an outbreak of genital herpes, the painful, itchy blisters and sores often develop on the vulva, in and around the vagina, and on the cervix, but they also can spread beyond the ...

I am an experienced colposcopist and teach in the areas of human papillomavirus (HPV), cervical cancer prevention, and colposcopy. I am always happy to see articles that update clinicians on the ...

Herpes Simplex virus Type-2 (HSV-2) increases the risk of HIV-1 acquisition, yet the mechanism for this viral pathogen to regulate the susceptibility of the cervicovaginal mucosa to HIV-1 is ...

"Cervix Inspection Catches More Lesions Than Pap Smear Alone." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 4 January 2005. <www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2005 / 01 / 050104114021.htm>.

Cervical microbiome may promote high-grade precancerous lesions Date: February 19, 2019 Source: American Society for Microbiology Summary: Infections with a Human Papillomavirus (HPV) cause 99 ...

Source Reference: Fonseca BO, et al "Topical imiquimod for the treatment of high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions of the cervix: a randomized controlled trial" Obstet Gynecol 2021; DOI: 10. ...

Nov. 5, 2009 -- A new vaccine may hold promise for millions of women who have the human papillomavirus and its accompanying often-painful lesions of precancerous tissue.