Urologie pro praxi 2/2017

New prevention strategies of papillomavirus infections

Human papillomavirus which infect mostly mucosa are casual agents of cervical carcinoma and a part of a number of other male and female malignancies as well as number of benign manifestations. The authors summarize current available possibilities and prevention strategies of HPV infections and its clinical consequences, mostly new possibilities in prophylactic vaccination and in secondary prevention.

Keywords: human papillomavirus, vaccination, prevention.