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Correlation between human papillomavirus infection and reproduction

Li-li Duan1, Hong Yin1, Qiuyan Li1, Lingjian Zhou1, Xinru Mi1, Yanmei Ju1
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Pubmed: 35419800
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Ginekol Pol 2022;93(4):329-333.
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  1. Department of Obstetrics, The Eighth People's Hospital Hebei Province, Gucheng County, Hengshui City, Hebei Province, China

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Vol 93, No 4 (2022)
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Published online: 2022-03-28

Abstract

Human papillomavirus (HPV) is one of the most common sexually transmitted infectious viruses among men and women of reproductive age throughout the world. Pregnant women are susceptible during pregnancy and most infections of them are self-limiting infections, which can be removed by their autoimmunity, while the persistent infections are associated with precancerous lesions and cancer of the anogenital mucosa in women and men. In addition, HPV infection may also affect reproductive health and fertility. The effect of HPV on female fertility requires further study, but HPV influences sperm parameters. Furthermore, whether HPV infection alters the effect of assisted reproductive technology and whether there is an association between it and assisted reproductive technology (ART) outcomes is unknown. It is considered that the relationship between HPV infection and spontaneous abortion (SA), assisted reproductive technology (ART) outcomes and spontaneous preterm birth (sPTB) has profound implications for the medical care of pregnant and infertile women. This paper reviews the relationship between human papillomavirus infection during pregnancy and SA, sPTB and ART in reproduction, and reviews the relationship between human papillomavirus and human fertility by summarizing the recent domestic and foreign literature.

Abstract

Human papillomavirus (HPV) is one of the most common sexually transmitted infectious viruses among men and women of reproductive age throughout the world. Pregnant women are susceptible during pregnancy and most infections of them are self-limiting infections, which can be removed by their autoimmunity, while the persistent infections are associated with precancerous lesions and cancer of the anogenital mucosa in women and men. In addition, HPV infection may also affect reproductive health and fertility. The effect of HPV on female fertility requires further study, but HPV influences sperm parameters. Furthermore, whether HPV infection alters the effect of assisted reproductive technology and whether there is an association between it and assisted reproductive technology (ART) outcomes is unknown. It is considered that the relationship between HPV infection and spontaneous abortion (SA), assisted reproductive technology (ART) outcomes and spontaneous preterm birth (sPTB) has profound implications for the medical care of pregnant and infertile women. This paper reviews the relationship between human papillomavirus infection during pregnancy and SA, sPTB and ART in reproduction, and reviews the relationship between human papillomavirus and human fertility by summarizing the recent domestic and foreign literature.

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human papillomavirus infection; reproduction; spontaneous abortion; assisted reproductive technology; spontaneous preterm birth

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Correlation between human papillomavirus infection and reproduction

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Ginekologia Polska

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Vol 93, No 4 (2022)

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Review paper

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329-333

Published online

2022-03-28

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DOI

10.5603/GP.a2021.0175

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35419800

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Ginekol Pol 2022;93(4):329-333.

Keywords

human papillomavirus infection
reproduction
spontaneous abortion
assisted reproductive technology
spontaneous preterm birth

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Li-li Duan
Hong Yin
Qiuyan Li
Lingjian Zhou
Xinru Mi
Yanmei Ju

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