Fundamental Biology of Human Papillomaviruses

Mar 14, 2018 by in OTOLARYNGOLOGY Comments Off on Fundamental Biology of Human Papillomaviruses

Viral gene Viral life cycle Transformation and oncogenesis Immune modulation E1 DNA helicase activity. Regulates viral gene transcription   E2 Regulates early gene promoter Knockout due to integration of viral genome…

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The Cidofovir Controversy

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Study Design Cohort Outcomes Bevacizumab Mohr et al. (2014) Case series Intravenous: 5–15 mg/kg per dose q 2–3 weeks initially, then increase interval N = 5 4 adults 1 child,…

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Impact on Quality of Life

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Fig. 6.1 Clinical score, modified from the Derkay-Coltrera RRP staging /severity score (Derkay et al. 1998) Unfortunately, there does not currently exist a validated, disease-specific tool for measuring HRQOL in…

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Advances in Vaccine Technology

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  Gardasil Gardasil 9 Cervarix Gender Females and males in the USA Females and males in the USA Females Age (years) 9–26 Females 9–26 and males 9–21 9–25 Recommended age…

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Monitoring Public Health Impact of HPV Vaccination on RRP

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Study Type of study Study period Onset (age) Incidence per 100,000 persons Prevalence per 100,000 persons Country/study population Lindeberg and Elbrond (1990) Population-based registry 1968–1984 Juvenile (<20 years) 0.362 – Denmark/Funen…

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Human Papillomavirus Vaccination: Making Sense of the Public Controversy

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© Springer International Publishing AG 2018Paolo Campisi (ed.)Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosishttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63823-2_5 5. Human Papillomavirus Vaccination: Making Sense of the Public Controversy Talía Malagón1   and Eduardo L. Franco1   (1) Division of Cancer Epidemiology, McGill University, 5100 Maisonneuve Blvd West,…

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Endophthalmitis in Newborns and Preverbal Children

Mar 1, 2018 by in OPHTHALMOLOGY Comments Off on Endophthalmitis in Newborns and Preverbal Children

Fig. 12.1 Fulminant gram-negative neonatal endogenous endophthalmitis. Note periorbital edema (top left), conjunctival chemosis, corneal edema, and exudates in anterior chamber (top right). Ultrasonography shows vitreous echoes, choroidal thickening, and…

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Post-cataract Surgery Endophthalmitis

Mar 1, 2018 by in OPHTHALMOLOGY Comments Off on Post-cataract Surgery Endophthalmitis

Fig. 7.1 Presumed non-infective endophthalmitis presented with corneal oedema, hypopyon and fibrin with normal ultrasonography and no adnexal inflammation. It needs close observation over the next 6–8 h with topical corticosteroids…

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