title: [Human papillomavirus in the pubic hair follicles of men and cervical lesions in their female sexual partners].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the association of human papillomavirus (HPV) in the pubic hair follicles of males with HPV infection in their female sexual partners.
  
  
  METHODS
  We included in this study 21 female patients with HPV infection, including 8 cases of cervical cancer, 5 cases of atypical cervical hyperplasia, 5 cases of cervical condyloma, and 3 cases with unidentified causes. We also enlisted 52 men without visible condyloma acuminatum in the external genitalia as healthy controls. We detected HPV in the pubic hair follicles of the female patients' male sexual partners and the healthy male controls by PCR and reverse hybridization in situ.
  
  
  RESULTS
  HPV positive was found in 6 (28.6%) of the 21 women's male partners, in whom the HPV types were correspondent situ. to those of the female patients.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  HPV in the pubic hair follicles of men might be one of the causes of HPV-related cervical lesions in their female sexual partners.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Qingdao Haici Medical Group Hospital, Qingdao, Shandong 266033, China. doctorhantao1968@163.com
authors.forename: Tao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Han
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Qingdao Haici Medical Group Hospital, Qingdao, Shandong 266033, China.
authors.forename: Xuan
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Qingdao Haici Medical Group Hospital, Qingdao, Shandong 266033, China.
authors.forename: You-Bao
authors.initials: YB
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Qingdao Haici Medical Group Hospital, Qingdao, Shandong 266033, China.
authors.forename: Chang-Ming
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Qingdao Haici Medical Group Hospital, Qingdao, Shandong 266033, China.
authors.forename: Xiang-Qian
authors.initials: XQ
authors.lastname: Xu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D005837:Genitalia, Male / Q000821:virology; D018859:Hair Follicle / Q000821:virology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D027383:Papillomaviridae; D030361:Papillomavirus Infections / Q000635:transmission* / Q000821:virology*; D012747:Sexual Partners; D002577:Uterine Cervical Diseases / Q000821:virology*; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000821:virology; D055815:Young Adult