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Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2009 4(Suppl 2):P41
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Kaposi's sarcoma human herpesvirus K1 interferes with FAS-mediated apoptosis and stimulates clonal growth and lymphoid hyperplasia
Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2009 4(Suppl 2):P37 -
Tobacco, alcohol and use of other recreational drugs within HIV-infected treated cohorts: the IeDEA West Africa collaboration
Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2009 4(Suppl 2):P24 -
Trends in cancer incidence among HIV-infected persons in California, 1996–2006
Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2009 4(Suppl 2):O22 -
Interim results of a clinical trial using oncolytic virotherapy in Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) associated-Multicentric Castleman's Disease (MCD)
Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2009 4(Suppl 2):O20 -
Preliminary findings on cancer incidence in HIV-infected persons from six countries in Central and South America and the Caribbean
Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2009 4(Suppl 2):O18 -
Epidemiology of non-keratinocytic skin cancers among persons with AIDS in the United States
Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2009 4(Suppl 2):O10 -
AIDS-associated Kaposi sarcoma in Uganda: response to treatment with highly active antiretroviral therapy and chemotherapy
Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2009 4(Suppl 2):O5 -
A population-based study of how children are exposed to saliva in Africa: implications for KSHV transmission
Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2009 4(Suppl 2):O4 -
Incidence of cervical disease associated to HPV in human immunodeficiency infected women under highly active antiretroviral therapy
Women infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) may be at higher risk of developing cervical cancer than non infected women. In a pilot study, we assessed the relationships among cervical cytology abnor...
Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2009 4:9 -
Classification of weakly carcinogenic human papillomavirus types: addressing the limits of epidemiology at the borderline
Virtually all cases of cervical cancer are caused by persistent infections with a restricted set of human papillomaviruses (HPV). Some HPV types, like HPV16 and HPV18, are clear and powerful carcinogens. Howev...
Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2009 4:8 -
The evolving definition of carcinogenic human papillomavirus
Thirteen human papillomavirus (HPV) genotypes have been judged to be carcinogenic or probably carcinogenic, and the cause of virtually all cervical cancer worldwide. Other HPV genotypes could possibly be invol...
Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2009 4:7 -
Analysis of colorectal cancers for human cytomegalovirus presence
A possible association between human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) infection and colorectal cancer progression has been inferred by the identification in tumour tissues of HCMV antigens and specific viral DNA or RNA ...
Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2009 4:6 -
Erratum to: Antiviral therapy in acute viral hepatitis B: why and when
Correction to Morelli G, Perrella A, Sbreglia C, Bellopede P, Riccio V, Perrella O: Antiviral therapy in acute viral hepatitis B: why and when. Infectious Agents and Cancer 2009, 4:2.
Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2009 4:5 -
Cancer risk in persons with HIV/AIDS in India: a review and future directions for research
India has a large and evolving HIV epidemic. Little is known about cancer risk in Indian persons with HIV/AIDS (PHA) but risk is thought to be low.
Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2009 4:4 -
Human papillomavirus type 16 variants in cervical intraepithelial neoplasia and invasive carcinoma in San Luis Potosà City, Mexico
In San Luis Potosà City cervical infection by human papillomavirus type 16 (HPV16) associated to dysplastic lesions is more prevalent in younger women. In this work HPV16 subtypes and variants associated to lo...
Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2009 4:3 -
Comparison of knowledge and attitudes toward cancer among African Americans
It has been noted that the African American population in the U.S. bears disproportionately higher cancer morbidity and mortality rates than any racial and ethnic group for most major cancers. Many studies als...
Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2009 4(Suppl 1):S15 -
Fear and loathing in the Caribbean: three studies of fear and cancer screening in Brooklyn's immigrant Caribbean subpopulations
Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2009 4(Suppl 1):S14 -
Leptin levels and leptin receptor polymorphism frequency in healthy populations
The leptin receptor gene (LEPR) polymorphism Q223R is one of the most common in the general population, and is thought to be associated with an impaired signaling capacity of the leptin receptor and with higher m...
Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2009 4(Suppl 1):S13 -
Cytochrome P450 1B1 Val432Leu polymorphism and breast cancer risk in Nigerian women: a case control study
Cytochrome P450 1B1 (CYP1B1) is active in the metabolism of estrogens to reactive catechols and of different procarcinogens. Several studies have investigated the relationship between genetic polymorphisms of CYP...
Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2009 4(Suppl 1):S12 -
High-risk and multiple human papillomavirus (HPV) infections in cancer-free Jamaican women
Vaccines, that target human papillomavirus (HPV) high risk genotypes 16 and 18, have recently been developed. This study was aimed at determining genotypes commonly found in high-risk and multiple-HPV infectio...
Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2009 4(Suppl 1):S11 -
Knowledge about human papillomavirus and the HPV vaccine – a survey of the general population
The United States (US) Food & Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved a human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine with the purpose of reducing the risk of cervical cancers caused by HPV 16 and HPV 18. It is impor...
Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2009 4(Suppl 1):S10 -
Comparisons of high-risk cervical HPV infections in Caribbean and US populations
Disparities in cervical cancer incidence and mortality rates exist among women of African ancestry (African-American, African-Caribbean and African). Persistent cervical infection with Human papillomavirus (HP...
Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2009 4(Suppl 1):S9 -
The prevalence of cervical cytology abnormalities and human papillomavirus in women infected with the human immunodeficiency virus
The human papillomavirus (HPV) is the major etiologic agent in the development of cervical cancer and its natural history of infection is altered in persons infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)...
Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2009 4(Suppl 1):S8 -
Ethnicity and cancer in Guyana, South America
The Cancer Registry of Guyana, a population-based registry was established in 2000. Over the past eight years, data has been collected from the national referral hospital and other public and private instituti...
Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2009 4(Suppl 1):S7 -
Association of self-reported consumption of cooked meat, fish, seafood and eggs with prostate cancer risk among Nigerians
Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2009 4(Suppl 1):S6 -
Are food patterns associated with prostate cancer in Jamaican men: a preliminary report
Morbidity and mortality data highlight prostate cancer as the most commonly diagnosed neoplasm in Jamaican males. This report examines the association between dietary patterns and risk of prostate cancer in Ja...
Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2009 4(Suppl 1):S5 -
Surgical versus medical castration in the Bahamas: a male macho paradox
Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2009 4(Suppl 1):S4 -
Microarray comparison of prostate tumor gene expression in African-American and Caucasian American males: a pilot project study
African American Men are 65% more likely to develop prostate cancer and are twice as likely to die of prostate cancer, than are Caucasian American Males. The explanation for this glaring health disparity is st...
Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2009 4(Suppl 1):S3 -
Prostate cancer disparities in Black men of African descent: a comparative literature review of prostate cancer burden among Black men in the United States, Caribbean, United Kingdom, and West Africa
African American men have the highest prostate cancer morbidity and mortality rates than any other racial or ethnic group in the US. Although the overall incidence of and mortality from prostate cancer has bee...
Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2009 4(Suppl 1):S2 -
The Second International African-Caribbean Cancer Consortium for the study of viral, genetic and environmental cancer risk factors
Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2009 4(Suppl 1):S1 -
Antiviral therapy in acute viral hepatitis B: why and when
Acute viral hepatitis B is cleared in more than 95% of patients, while the remainder ones may develop either chronic HBV infection or, rarely, fulminant hepatitis.
Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2009 4:2 -
Primary bilateral adrenal B-cell lymphoma associated with EBV and JCV infection
Primary lymphoma of the adrenal gland is a rare and highly aggressive disease, with only a few reports in the literature. The pathogenesis is unknown, but detection of Epstein Barr virus (EBV) genome sequences...
Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2009 4:1 -
Guidelines of the Italian Society for Virology on HPV testing and vaccination for cervical cancer prevention
To provide guidelines for health-care providers on strategies for cervical cancer prevention based on HPV testing and anti-HPV vaccination.
Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2008 3:14 -
Molecular and phylogenetic analysis of HIV-1 variants circulating in Italy
The continuous identification of HIV-1 non-B subtypes and recombinant forms in Italy indicates the need of constant molecular epidemiology survey of genetic forms circulating and transmitted in the resident po...
Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2008 3:13 -
Genital and cutaneous human papillomavirus (HPV) types in relation to conjunctival squamous cell neoplasia: A case-control study in Uganda
We investigated the role of infection with genital and cutaneous human papillomavirus types (HPV) in the aetiology of ocular surface squamous neoplasia (which includes both conjunctival intraepithelial neoplas...
Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2008 3:12 -
Antibodies to the CD4-binding site of HIV-1 gp120 suppress gp120-specific CD4 T cell response while enhancing antibody response
The binding of Abs to the CD4-binding site (CD4bs) of HIV-1 envelope gp120 has been shown to obstruct the processing and generation of helper epitopes from this antigen, resulting in poor presentation of vario...
Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2008 3:11 -
Human herpesvirus-8 (HHV-8) sero-detection and HIV association in Kaposi's sarcoma (KS), non-KS tumors and non-neoplastic conditions
The association of the human herpesvirus-8/Kaposi's sarcoma (KS)-associated herpesvirus (HHV-8/KSHV) serology with various malignancies in Tanzania is not currently well established while previous studies were...
Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2008 3:10 -
Clinical and epidemiological correlates of antibody response to human papillomaviruses (HPVs) as measured by a novel ELISA based on denatured recombinant HPV16 late (L) and early (E) antigens
At present, seroreactivity is not a valuable parameter for diagnosis of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) infection but, it is potentially valuable as marker of viral exposure in elucidating the natural history of th...
Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2008 3:9 -
Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and intraepithelial neoplasia and invasive cancer of the uterine cervix: a case-control study in Zaragoza, Spain
The raw incidence of cancer of the uterine cervix is Spain is 7,8 per 100.000 inhabitants (adjusted incidence is 5.6). The incidence of this tumor is still low, but a steady increase has been seen, probably re...
Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2008 3:8 -
Cervical human papillomavirus infection among female sex workers in southern Vietnam
Cervical cancer is the most frequently diagnosed malignancy among women in southern Vietnam where its incidence is one of the highest observed worldwide.
Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2008 3:7 -
Characterisation of human papillomavirus (HPV) genotypes in the Azorean population, Terceira island
Human papillomavirus detection is very important for the evaluation of prevention strategies in cervical cancer. In the Azorean population, the virus prevalence has never been studied, and there is no data ava...
Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2008 3:6 -
HPV type infection in different anogenital sites among HIV-positive Brazilian women
To evaluate the prevalence of human papillomavirus (HPV) types, and risk factors for HPV positivity across cervix, vagina and anus, we conducted a study among 138 women with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2008 3:5 -
The Rho-activating CNF1 toxin from pathogenic E. coli: A risk factor for human cancer development?
Nowadays, there is increasing evidence that some pathogenic bacteria can contribute to specific stages of cancer development. The concept that bacterial infection could be involved in carcinogenesis acquired a...
Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2008 3:4 -
Prevalence of high-risk human papillomavirus types in Mexican women with cervical intraepithelial neoplasia and invasive carcinoma
Prevalence of high risk (HR) human papillomavirus (HPV) types in the states of San Luis Potosà (SLP) and Guanajuato (Gto), Mexico, was determined by restriction fragment length-polymorphism (RFLP) analysis on ...
Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2008 3:3 -
Mouse mammary tumor virus (MMTV)-like DNA sequences in the breast tumors of father, mother, and daughter
The diagnosis of late onset breast cancer in a father, mother, and daughter living in the same house for decades suggested the possibility of an environmental agent as a common etiological factor. Both molecul...
Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2008 3:2 -
Insights into pathogenic events of HIV-associated Kaposi sarcoma and immune reconstitution syndrome related Kaposi sarcoma
A decrease in the incidence of human immune deficiency virus-associated Kaposi sarcoma (HIV-KS) and regression of some established HIV-KS lesions is evident after the introduction of highly active anti-retrovi...
Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2008 3:1 -
Detection and identification of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Vibrio cholerae O139 using oligonucleotide microarray
The rapid and accurate detection and identification of the new subtype of the pathogens is crucial for diagnosis, treatment and control of the contagious disease outbreak. Here, in this study, an approach to d...
Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2007 2:23 -
Cryptosporidium parvum, a potential cause of colic adenocarcinoma
Cryptosporidiosis represents a major public health problem. This infection has been reported worldwide as a frequent cause of diarrhoea. Particularly, it remains a clinically significant opportunistic infectio...
Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2007 2:22 -
High risk HPV types 18 and 16 are potent modulators of oral squamous cell carcinoma phenotypes in vitro
Human papillomavirus (HPV) has been confirmed as the primary etiological factor that transforms cervical epithelia into cancer. The presence of HPV in oral cancers suggests that HPV may play a similar role in ...
Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2007 2:21
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