Maternal HPV infection and risk of exposure to newborns. (human papillomavirus)(Tips from Other Journals) From: American Family Physician | Date: January 15, 1998| Author: Apgar, Barbara | COPYRIGHT 1998 American Academy of Family Physicians. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Maternal human papiflomavirus (HPV) infection is implicated as a cause of laryngeal papillomas in children. Children born to mothers infected with HPV appear to have the same type of HPV in their buccal mucosa as their mothers have in their cervix. Puranen and colleagues conducted a long-term prospective cohort study to determine the frequency of vertical exposure of an infant to the cervical HPV infection of the mother.

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