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INTRODUCTION: The human papilloma virus (HPV) belongs to double-stranded, DNA circular viruses which infect the epithelial cells. The highest incidence of HPV is identified in malignant processes which affect the uterine cervix, as well as vulvar, penile, rectal and pharyngeal regions. GOAL OF STUDY: An attempt to find correlations between HPV incidence rates in urine sediment cells and in desquamated epithelial cells of the uterine cervix in a group of patients with frequent, recurrent cystitis. MATERIALS AND METHODS: HPV presence was studied, both in urine sediment cells and in uterine cervix epithelial cells of 77 patients. RESULTS: An analysis of urinary sediments brought a total of twenty (25.97%) positive and 57 (74.03%) negative results. In turn, an evaluation of uterine cervix material samples revealed 17 (22.08%) positive and 60 (77.92%) negative results. CONCLUSIONS: The study enabled a comparison between HPV prevalence rates in urine sediment cells and in uterine cervix epithelial cells of an examined patient. The performed observations are likely to trigger a further analysis of the studied issue; however, the obtained results provide arguments for different natural histories of the infection processes.
