Open AccessTransgender Women Have Higher Human Papillomavirus Prevalence Than Men Who Have Sex With Men—Two U.S. Cities, 2012–2014
Author(s) -
Vidisha Singh,
Beau Gratzer,
Pamina M. Gorbach,
Richard A. Crosby,
Gitika Panicker,
Martin Steinau,
Raiza Amiling,
Elizabeth R. Unger,
Lauri E. Markowitz,
Elissa Meites
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
sexually transmitted diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.507
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1537-4521
pISSN - 0148-5717
DOI - 10.1097/olq.0000000000001051
Subject(s) - medicine , men who have sex with men , human papillomavirus , confidence interval , gynecology , demography , transgender women , hpv infection , vaccination , obstetrics , cervical cancer , virology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , cancer , syphilis , sociology
Human papillomavirus (HPV) prevalence is high among men who have sex with men (MSM), yet little is known about HPV among transgender women (TGW). We assessed HPV prevalence and knowledge among TGW compared with MSM.