human papillomavirus infection
Let an agent explain HPV infection and its outcomes in neutral clinical terms, relay transmission, vaccination, screening and treatment of consequences from public health and oncology sources, describe HPV-related cancers, and route personal questions to clinicians.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain HPV infection and its outcomes in neutral clinical terms, relay transmission, vaccination, screening and treatment of consequences from public health and oncology sources, describe HPV-related cancers, and route personal questions to clinicians.
Infection with human papillomaviruses, a large group of DNA viruses transmitted mainly by skin and sexual contact, most infections clearing without symptoms, with low-risk types causing warts and lesions such as bowenoid papulosis and high-risk types causing persistent infection that can lead to cervical, anal, penile, vulvar and HPV-positive head and neck cancers including carcinomas and endocervical adenocarcinomas, with higher risk in people with HIV; HPV infection is prevented by vaccination and its consequences by screening.
What it is for: Not applicable; an infection.
It can be explain the infection and types; relay prevention and screening; describe related cancers; route personal questions.
Distinguishing features
Very common
Usually clears
High and low-risk types
Vaccine-preventable
What it looks like
Not a visible object; usually silent, sometimes warts or lesions.
Physical character
HPV types: over 200 count
high-risk types: 16 and 18 cause about 70 percent of cervical cancers note
vaccine introduced: 2006 year
lifetime infection: most sexually active people note
How it is recognised
Infection with human papillomaviruses
Low-risk types causing warts and bowenoid papulosis; high-risk types causing HPV-related carcinomas and adenocarcinomas; HPV in people with HIV
Herpes is a different virus; cervical cancer is one outcome; genital warts are one manifestation
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms
is caused by - of many types
is prevented by - in adolescents and adults
can lead to - and other cancers
In practice
Families and kinds
low-risk infections causing common, plantar and genital warts
lesions such as bowenoid papulosis
persistent high-risk infection and precancerous lesions
HPV-related cervical, anal, penile, vulvar and vaginal cancers including endocervical adenocarcinoma
HPV-positive oropharyngeal and head and neck cancers
HPV infection in people with HIV
Identifiers
ICD-11 1A95 and related anogenital warts and HPV infection codes
MeSH D030361 papillomavirus infections
Standards and regulation
WHO recommendations on HPV vaccination and cervical screening
National immunisation schedules
Cervical cancer elimination strategy
Failure modes and hazards
Agents giving personal medical advice
Stigma around sexually transmitted infection
Vaccine misinformation
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Help Personal questions first.
Safety.
Symptoms
Symptoms and results.
Symptoms
Symptoms.
- Why do genital warts, abnormal screening results or persistent lumps and ulcers need a clinician? action
- Is the user asking about their own infection, result or exposure, which needs a clinician? boundary
Vaccine
Vaccination and screening.
Vaccine
Vaccine.
- Who is offered HPV vaccination and cervical screening, according to WHO and national programmes? provenance
- Which entry fits HPV vaccine? action
Understand The infection.
Clinical.
Types
Types and outcomes.
Types
Types.
- How do low-risk and high-risk HPV types differ, and how does persistent infection lead to cancer? definition
- Is the question about HPV infection, a related cancer or another infection? boundary
Transmission
Transmission.
Transmission
Transmission.
- How is HPV transmitted, and why is it so common? definition
- Which entry fits sexually transmitted infection? action
Cancers HPV-related cancers.
Clinical.
Cancers
Cancers.
Cancers
Cancers.
- What are HPV-related cervical, anal, penile, vulvar and head and neck cancers, in general terms? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
HIV
HPV and HIV.
HIV
HIV.
- Why is HPV disease more common and severe in people with HIV, and what care is recommended? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Context Prevention and history.
Context.
Elimination
Elimination strategy.
Elimination
Elimination.
- What is the WHO cervical cancer elimination strategy, and what progress has been made, with data attributed? provenance
- Which entry fits cervical cancer elimination? action
History
History.
History
History.
- How did zur Hausen link HPV to cervical cancer, and how did vaccines develop? provenance
- Which entry fits the history of the HPV vaccine? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should HPV vaccine and cervical screening be separate primary entries?
- How should public health sources be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases naming specific cancers and lesions; should they be split off?