title: Prevalence of oral human papillomavirus in men attending an Italian sexual health clinic.
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.
authors.affiliation: 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.
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Drago
authors.affiliation: 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.
authors.forename: Astrid
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Herzum
authors.affiliation: 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.
authors.forename: Giulia
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ciccarese
authors.affiliation: Pathology Unit, E.O. Ospedali Galliera, Via Mura delle Cappuccine, 14, 16100, Genova, Italy.
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bandelloni
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D009059:Mouth Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D027383:Papillomaviridae; D030361:Papillomavirus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D000074384:Sexual Health