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Concurrent oral and genital infection with HPV DNA types 6 and 11 in a heterosexual male
Author(s) -
Ward Kathleen A.,
McKernan Sinead A.,
Durnien Natali.,
Dinsmore Wallace W.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
journal of the european academy of dermatology and venereology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.655
H-Index - 107
eISSN - 1468-3083
pISSN - 0926-9959
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-3083.1995.tb00313.x
Subject(s) - medicine , sex organ , hpv infection , genital warts , polymerase chain reaction , vagina , biology , gene , genetics , cancer , surgery , cervical cancer
Objective Detection of HPV DNA in oral and genital lesions of a heterosexual male. 4 months after oral and vaginal intercourse with a woman with vulvar warts. Passible modes of acquisition of oral HPV infection in the male sexual partner are discussed. Setting Genitourinary Medicine clinic. Methods Polymerase chain reaction amplification of genomic DNA from oral and genital lesions. HPV DNA typing by dot blot hybridization. Results HPV DNA types 6 and 11 were identified in a polypoid tongue lesion and in a penile wart from the male sexual partner. Conclusions The acquisition of oral HPV infection in the male sexual partner may have resulted from genital‐oral HPV transfer, either by direct contact with vulvar warts or by digital self‐inoculation.