Serum High-Sensitive C-reactive Protein May Reflect Periodontitis in Patients With Stroke.

Background/aim: Chronic infectious diseases are believed to increase the risk of stroke. We aimed to evaluate the prevalence of periodontal disease and its association with systemic inflammatory processes in patients suffering an acute stroke/transient ischemic attack (TIA).

Patients And Methods: Altogether 36 acute stroke/TIA patients underwent clinical, laboratory and radiological examinations.

Natural history of oral papillomavirus infections in spouses: a prospective Finnish HPV Family Study.

Background: The natural history of genital human papillomavirus infection is well known, but nearly nothing is known about the outcome of oral HPV-infection.

Objectives And Study Design: To study natural history of oral HPV in spouses during the follow-up 331 women (mean 25.5+/-3.

Transmission of high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) between parents and infant: a prospective study of HPV in families in Finland.

The Finnish HPV Family Study is a prospective cohort study assessing the dynamics of human papillomavirus (HPV) transmission between parents and infant. Serial genital and oral scrapings from 76 families, including mother, father, and infant, and semen samples were collected over 2 years of follow-up, analyzed by nested PCR, and confirmed by hybridization with 12 high-risk (HR) HPV types. The most common HPV profile was HR HPV in all family members (29%), followed by HPV-positive mother-infant pairs (26%).