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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1646-5830</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Acta Obstétrica e Ginecológica Portuguesa]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Acta Obstet Ginecol Port]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1646-5830</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Euromédice, Edições Médicas Lda.]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S1646-58302025000200094</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.69729/aogp.v19i2a03</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[What is new about HPV and pregnancy? The top articles of the past year]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="pt"><![CDATA[O que há de novo sobre HPV e gravidez? Os melhores artigos do último ano]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Urzal]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Cecilia]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Pedro]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Amélia]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,ULS Algarve Unidade de Patologia do Tracto Genital Inferior ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Portugal</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital CUF Sintra Tracto Genital Inferior da Sociedade Portuguesa de Ginecologia Secção Portuguesa de Colposcopia e Patologia]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Portugal</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2025</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2025</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>19</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>94</fpage>
<lpage>96</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1646-58302025000200094&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1646-58302025000200094&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1646-58302025000200094&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract Recent evidence indicates that the persistence of HPV infection is favored by the hormonal changes inherent to pregnancy, either through direct action on the viral genome or by promoting uncontrolled cellular proliferation, and it tends to resolve spontaneously in the postpartum period. Most cervical intraepithelial lesions remain stable or regress during pregnancy, with higher postpartum regression rates observed for lesions diagnosed during gestation. The pathophysiological mechanism underlying the association between HPV infection and preterm birth remains unclear. HPV-16 has been implicated as a high-risk genotype for preterm birth and vertical transmission and viral load may serve as a risk marker for these outcomes.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="pt"><p><![CDATA[Resumo As evidências recentes indicam que a persistência da infecção HPV é favorecida pelas alterações hormonais próprias da gravidez, por acção directa no genoma viral ou através de uma proliferação celular descontrolada, e tende à resolução espontânea no pós-parto. A maioria das lesões intra-epiteliais do colo permanece estável ou regride durante a gravidez, com taxas de regressão pós-parto superiores para lesões diagnosticadas na gravidez. O mecanismo fisiopatológico subjacente à associação entre infecção HPV e parto pré-termo continua por esclarecer. O HPV-16 tem sido implicado como genótipo de risco de parto pré-termo e transmissão vertical e a carga viral poderá representar um marcador de risco destes desfechos.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Human papillomavirus]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Cervical intraepithelial lesions]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Pregnancy]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Papilomavírus humano]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Lesões intra-epiteliais do colo]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Gravidez]]></kwd>
</kwd-group>
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