Search for dissertations about: "HPV-vaccination"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 27 swedish dissertations containing the word HPV-vaccination.

  2. 21. Human papillomavirus as a target for cancer prevention

    Author : Maria Hortlund; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : If we would know more about virus causing cancer, we would have the possibility to prevent the disease. Human Papillomavirus (HPV) causes cervical cancer and is one of the world’s most common sexually transmitted diseases (STD). READ MORE

  4. 22. Human papillomavirus in recurrent respiratory papillomatosis, tonsillar and mobile tongue cancer

    Author : Christos Loizou; Katarina Olofsson; Karin Nylander; David Lindquist; Göran Laurell; Stina Syrjänen; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Human papillomavirus; recurrent respiratory papillomatosis tonsillar cancer; mobile tongue cancer; voice-; and quality of life; p16; syndecan-1; northern Sweden;

    Abstract : This thesis focuses on the effects of the human papillomavirus (HPV) in tonsillar cancer, mobile tongue cancer, and recurrent respiratory papillomatosis (RRP). The purpose was to characterize patients with RRP in northern Sweden in order to identify more care-intensive RRP patients and to describe the voice and quality of life aspects that follow RRP. READ MORE

  5. 23. Longitudinal studies of human papillomavirus infection : with special reference to screening for cervical cancer and treatment of CIN

    Author : Kristina Elfgren; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Human papillomavirus; natural history; risk factors; Human immunodeficiency virus; antibodies; cervical intraepithelial neoplasia; cervical cancer screening; Human papillomavirus screening; treatment; clearance of Human papillomavirus deoxyribonucleic acid.;

    Abstract : Aim: To study the natural history of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) infection in the general population and among women with acquired immunosuppression as well as to evaluate possible uses of human papillomavirus testing in cervical screening programs. Study I: Women treated for cervical intraepithelial neoplasi (CIN) were analysed for presence of HPV DNA by PCR and for HPV antibodies by ELISA before and 16-27 months later. READ MORE

  6. 24. Dynamics of oncogenic human papillomavirus infection

    Author : Veronika af Geijersstam; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : antibody; cervical cancer; epidemiology; papillomavirus; tumor virology;

    Abstract : Background: Sexually transmitted oncogenic human papillomaviruses(HPVs), particularly HPV type 16, are the major cause of several human cancers, notably cervical and other anogenital cancers. The spread of these infections in human populations can be monitored using seroepidemiology. READ MORE

  7. 25. Human papillomavirus infection in healthy youth and in hypopharyngeal cancer

    Author : Nathalie Hou Grün; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : The aim of this thesis was to follow the prevalence of human papillomavirus in the oral cavity and in the cervix in youth during the period of 2008-2015, a period when HPV vaccination was gradually introduced to young girls in Sweden. In addition, we explored the prevalence of HPV in hypopharyngeal cancer during the period 2000-2012 on the basis that there has been an epidemic of HPV positive tonsillar and base of tongue cancer, which arise in locations with close physiological proximity to the hypopharynx. READ MORE