Prevalence of oral human papillomavirus in men attending an Italian sexual health clinic
Francesco Drago A , Astrid Herzum A , Giulia Ciccarese A C and Roberto Bandelloni BA Department of Dermatology, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria San Martino, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS), San Martino University Hospital, Italian Research Hospital Foundation, Largo Benzi, 10, 16132, Genoa, Italy.
B Pathology Unit, E.O. Ospedali Galliera, Via Mura delle Cappuccine, 14, 16100, Genova, Italy.
C Corresponding author. Email: giuliaciccarese@libero.it
Sexual Health 13(6) 597-598 https://doi.org/10.1071/SH16155
Submitted: 8 August 2016 Accepted: 7 September 2016 Published: 7 October 2016
Abstract
A high-risk population, formed by 79 consecutive male attendees of our sexually transmissible infections clinic, and who did not have any overt signs of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection, were examined. Oral HPV prevalence (37%) was much higher than previously reported. Periurethral HPV-DNA was found in 49% of the patients and anal HPV-DNA was found in 43% of the patients. Considering the high prevalence of oral HPV obtained in the current study, it is important to further investigate the burden of oral HPV, not only in men who have sex with men, but also in heterosexual men and in women.
Additional keywords: anal HPV infection, genital HPV infection, human papillomavirus infection, sexually transmissible infections, oral HPV infection.
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