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Yin Ling Woo, MB, BCh, MA, Mrcog and Jane Carolyn Sterling, PhD, MB, BChir, MA, FRCP

Yin Ling Woo is with the Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England, and the Department of Gynaecological Oncology, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge. Jane Carolyn Sterling is with the Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, and the Department of Dermatology, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Jane Carolyn Sterling, Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QP, UK (e-mail: jcs12@mole.bio.cam.ac.uk).

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We read with interest the study by Brogly et al.¹ of the genital infections of girls and adolescents who were infected perinatally with HIV. They reported a higher-than-expected incidence of warts in the anogenital area, especially in prepubertal children, highlighting this as a cause for concern and suggesting that the distribution of the warts implies a sexual mode of transmission.

This conclusion as to the mode of acquisition of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection omits the possibility that warts in children may be contracted by means other than sexual contact, such as horizontal transmission. Perinatal vertical transmission of HPV to mucosae . . . [Full Text]

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				S. B. Brogly, E. L. Franco, D. H. Watts, and R. Van Dyke BROGLY ET AL. RESPOND Am J Public Health, November 1, 2007; 97(11): 1930 - 1930. [Full Text] [PDF]