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Human Papillomavirus Infection in Men Attending a Sexually Transmitted Disease Clinic
- Source :
- The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 187:1064-1070
- Publication Year :
- 2003
- Publisher :
- Oxford University Press (OUP), 2003.
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Abstract
- Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the main etiologic agent of anogenital cancers, including cervical cancer, but little is known about the type-specific prevalence of HPV in men. Participants were men aged 18-70 years attending a sexually transmitted disease clinic. Penile skin swabs were assessed for HPV DNA using polymerase chain reaction with reverse line-blot genotyping. Of 436 swabs collected, 90.1% yielded sufficient DNA for HPV analysis. Men with inadequate swab samples were significantly more likely to be white and circumcised than men with adequate swab samples. The prevalence of HPV was 28.2%. Oncogenic HPV types were found in 12.0% of participants, nononcogenic types were found in 14.8% of participants, multiple types were found in 6.1% of participants, and unknown types were found in 5.9% of participants. The most prevalent subtypes were nononcogenic 6, 53, and 84. HPV positivity was not associated with age. These results indicate that HPV infection among men at high risk is common but that characteristics of male HPV infection may differ from those of female infection.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
Sexually transmitted disease
medicine.medical_specialty
Adolescent
Biology
law.invention
Risk Factors
law
Internal medicine
Genotype
Prevalence
medicine
Humans
Immunology and Allergy
Papillomaviridae
Genotyping
Polymerase chain reaction
Aged
Cervical cancer
Sex Characteristics
Papillomavirus Infections
HPV infection
virus diseases
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Tumor Virus Infections
Infectious Diseases
Immunology
Viral disease
Sex characteristics
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15376613 and 00221899
- Volume :
- 187
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- The Journal of Infectious Diseases
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....6bd83570a2c7008a96171d2331cfd54b