Knowledge about infection with human papillomavirus: a systematic review.

Objective: Human papillomavirus (HPV) is a necessary cause of cervical cancer and genital warts. The aim of this systematic literature review was to provide an overview of knowledge about HPV infection among the public, students, patients and health professionals.

Method: PubMed searches were performed and the results of studies were reported by age, gender, study population, country, recruitment score and year of study conduct.

Prevalence of human papillomavirus types in women screened by cytology in Germany.

Incidence and mortality rates of cervical cancer are higher in Germany than in other Western European countries. Type-specific human papillomavirus (HPV) distribution was investigated for the first time in Germany in an epidemiological study including 8,101 women. Women above the age of 30 years, self-referring for cervical cancer screening, were enrolled in two study centers in Hannover (Northern Germany) and Tübingen (Southern Germany).