Prevalence of Oral Human Papillomavirus Infection among Youth, Sweden

Human papillomavirus (HPV) causes cervical, head, and neck cancers. We studied 483 patients at a youth clinic in Stockholm, Sweden, and found oral HPV prevalence was 9.3% and significantly higher for female youth with than without cervical HPV infection (p = 0.043). Most oral HPV types matched the c...

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Autores principales: Du, Juan, Nordfors, Cecilia, Ährlund-Richter, Andreas, Sobkowiak, Michal, Romanitan, Mircea, Näsman, Anders, Andersson, Sören, Ramqvist, Torbjörn, Dalianis, Tina
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2012
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3437726/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22932445
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1809.111731
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Sumario:Human papillomavirus (HPV) causes cervical, head, and neck cancers. We studied 483 patients at a youth clinic in Stockholm, Sweden, and found oral HPV prevalence was 9.3% and significantly higher for female youth with than without cervical HPV infection (p = 0.043). Most oral HPV types matched the co-occurring cervical types.

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