Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care

Selected References

Screening for Human Papillomavirus Infection

Prepared by J. Kenneth Johnson, MD, Research Associate, Department of Preventive Medicine and Biostatistics, University of Toronto, Ontario

These recommendations were finalized by the Task Force in June 1992

1. de Villiers E-M, Wagner D, Schneider A, et al: Human papillomavirus infections in women with and without abnormal cervical cytology. Lancet 1987; 2: 703-706

2. Van Den Brule AJ, Walboomers JM, Du Maine M, et al: Difference in prevalence of human papillomavirus genotypes in cytomorphologically normal cervical smears is associated with a history of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia. Int J Cancer 1991; 48(3): 404-408

3. Koutsky LA, Holmes KK, Critchlow CW, et al: A cohort study of the risk of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 2 or 3 in relation to papillomavirus infection. N Engl J Med 1992; 327: 1272-1278

4. Mitchell H, Drake M, Medley G: Prospective evaluation of risk of cervical cancer after cytological evidence of human papilloma virus infection. Lancet 1986; 1: 573-575

5. Campion MJ, McCance DJ, Cuzick J, et al: Progressive potential of mild cervical atypia: prospective cytological, colposcopic, and virological study. Lancet 1986; 2: 237-240

6. Pagano R, Chanen W, Rome RM, et al: The significance of human papilloma virus atypia ('wart virus infection') found alone on cervical cytology screening. Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol 1987; 27(2): 136-139

7. Ritter DB, Kadish AS, Vermund SH, et al: Detection of human papillomavirus deoxyribonucleic acid in exfoliated cervicovaginal cells as a predictor of cervical neoplasia in a high-risk population. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1988; 159(6): 1517-1525

8. Reeves WC, Brinton LA, Garcia M, et al: Human papillomavirus infection and cervical cancer in Latin America. New Engl J Med 1989; 320(22): 1437-1441

9. Borst M, Butterworth CE, Baker V, et al: Human papillomavirus screening for women with atypical Papanicolaou smears. J Reprod Med 1991; 36(2): 95-99

10. Rader JS, Rosenzweig BA, Spirtas R, et al: Atypical squamous cells. A case-series study of the association between papanicolaou smear results and human papillomavirus DNA genotype. J Reprod Med 1991; 36(4): 291-297

11. Schiffman MH, Bauer HM, Hoover RN, et al: Epidemiologic evidence showing that human papillomavirus infection causes most cervical intraepithelial neoplasia. J Nat Cancer Inst 1993; 85: 958-964

12. Meisels A, Morin C: Human papillomavirus and cancer of the uterine cervix. Gynecol Oncol 1981; 12(2 Pt 2): S111-S123

13. Syrjanen K, Vayrynen M, Saarikoski S, et al: Natural history of cervical human papillomavirus (HPV) infections based on prospective follow-up. Br J Obstet Gynecol 1985; 92: 1086-1092

14. Carmichael JA, Maskens PD: Cervical dysplasia and human papillomavirus. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1989; 160: 916-918

15. Koutsky, LA, Galloway DA, Holmes KK: Epidemiology of genital human papillomavirus infection. Epidemiol Rev 1988; 10: 122-163

16. Schiffman MH: Recent progress in defining the epidemiology of human papillomavirus infection and cervical neoplasia. J Nat Cancer Inst 1992; 84(6) 394-398

17. Reeves WC, Rawls WE, Brinton LA: Epidemiology of genital papillomaviruses and cervical cancer. Rev Infect Dis 1989; II(3): 426-439

18. Kitchener HC, Neilson L, Burnett RA, et al: Prospective serial study of viral change in the cervix and correlation with human papillomavirus genome status. Br J Obstet Gynecol 1991; 98(10): 1042-1048

19. Schneider A, Meinhardt G, de Villiers E-M, et al: Sensitivity of the cytologic diagnosis of cervical condyloma in comparison with HPV DNA hybridization studies. Diagn Cytopathol 1987; 3: 250-255

20. Spitzer M, Brandsma JL, Steinberg B, et al: Detection of conditions related to human papillomavirus. Comparison of cytology, colposcopy, histology, and hybridization. J Reprod Med 1990; 35(7): 697-703

21. Reid R, Greenberg MD, Lorincz A, et al: Should cervical cytologic testing be augmented by cervicography or human papillomavirus deoxyribonucleic acid detection? Am J Obstet Gynecol 1991; 164: 1461-1471

22. Cecchini S, Iossa A, Grazzini G: Estimate of clinical human papillomavirus infection prevalence in a population-based screening. Cervix Lower Fem Genit Tract 1988; 6(3): 213-217

23. de Villiers E-M: Laboratory techniques in the investigation of human papillomavirus infection. Genitourin Med 1992; 68: 50-54

24. Wilbur DC, Stoler MH: Testing for human papillomavirus: basic pathobiology of infection, methodologies, and implications for clinical use. Yale J Biol Med 1991; 64: 113-125

25. Yliskoski M, Saarikoski S, Syrjanen K: Conization for CIN associated with human papillomavirus infection. Arch Gynecol Obstet 1991; 249(2): 59-65

26. Kirby P, Dunne A, King DH, et al: Double-blind randomized clinical trial of self-administered podofilox solution versus vehicle in the treatment of genital warts. Am J Med 1990; 88: 465-469

27. Eron LJ, Judson F, Tucker S, et al: Interferon therapy for condylomata acuminata. N Engl J Med 1986; 315: 1059-1064

28. Yliskoski M, Cantell K, Syrjanen K, et al: Topical treatment with human leukocyte interferon of HPV 16 infections associated with cervical and vaginal intraepithelial neoplasias. Gynecol Oncol 1990; 36(3): 353-7

29. Dunham AM, McCartney JC, McCance DJ, et al: Effect of perilesional injection of alpha-interferon on cervical intraepithelial neoplasia and associated human papillomavirus infection. J R Soc Med 1990; 83(8): 490-492

30. Ferenczy A, Mitao M, Nagai N, et al: Latent papillomavirus and recurring genital warts. N Engl J Med 1985; 313: 784-788

31. Riva JM, Sedlacek TV, Cunnane MF, et al: Extended carbon dioxide laser vaporization in the treatment of subclinical papillomavirus infection of the lower genital tract. Obstet Gynecol 1989; 73: 25-30

32. Shafi MI, Finn C, Luesley DM, et al: Carbon dioxide laser treatment for vulval papillomatosis (vulvodynia). Br J Obstet Gynaecol 1990; 97(12): 1148-1150

33. Ruge S, Felding C, Skouby SO, et al: CO2-laser vaporization of human papillomavirus (HPV)-induced abnormal cervical smears. A simple and effective solution to a recurrent clinical problem. Clin Exp Obstet Gynecol 1991; 18(2): 99-101

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