Acta dermato-venereologica. Supplementum
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Acta Derm Venereol Suppl (Stockh) · Jan 1996
ReviewGenital viral infections. Studies on human papillomavirus and Epstein-Barr virus.
The concept 'sexually transmitted diseases' (STD) was introduced in the nineteen sixties and comprises many diseases of varying importance from scabies to HIV infection. The STD family has grown wider and new members will probably join. The starting point of these studies was that patients with HPV infection, attending the STD clinic, appeared to increase in number in the late eighties. ⋯ The oncogenic potential of EBV underlines the importance of further studies. Koilocytosis as a pathognomonic sign of HPV infection has to be reconsidered. Finally, psychological aspects have to be kept in mind in the treatment of patients with HPV infection.