Route of Sexual Exposure Is Independently Associated With Seropositivity to HPV-16 and HPV-18 Among Clients of an STI Clinic in the Netherlands | Zendy

Marlies Heiligenberg | Zendy; Catharina J. Alberts | Zendy; Tim Waterboer | Zendy; Arjen Speksnijder | Zendy; Henry J.C. de Vries | Zendy; Michael Pawlita | Zendy; Maarten F. Schim van der Loeff | Zendy

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Route of Sexual Exposure Is Independently Associated With Seropositivity to HPV-16 and HPV-18 Among Clients of an STI Clinic in the Netherlands

Author(s) -

Marlies Heiligenberg,

Catharina J. Alberts,

Tim Waterboer,

Arjen Speksnijder,

Henry J.C. de Vries,

Michael Pawlita,

Maarten F. Schim van der Loeff

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

the journal of infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.69

H-Index - 252

eISSN - 1537-6613

pISSN - 0022-1899

DOI - 10.1093/infdis/jit295

Subject(s) - human papillomavirus , medicine , men who have sex with men , anal sex , demography , hpv infection , sexual behavior , gynecology , family medicine , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , cervical cancer , syphilis , clinical psychology , cancer , sociology

We investigated the route of sexual exposure as a determinant for human papillomavirus (HPV)-16 and HPV-18 seropositivity. At the Amsterdam sexually transmitted infections clinic we recruited 4 risk groups: (1) men who have sex with women only (MSW; n = 751); (2) women who have sex with men (WSM; n = 749); (3) men who have sex with men (MSM) reporting insertive anal sex only (insMSM; n = 156); and (4) MSM reporting receptive anal sex (recMSM; n = 415). In multivariable analyses, HPV-16 seropositivity was significantly more common in WSM vs MSW, recMSM vs MSW, and recMSM vs insMSM. HPV-18 results were similar. Route of sexual exposure is independently associated with HPV seropositivity.

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