Prevalence of oral human papillomavirus infection among youth, Sweden

Emerg Infect Dis. 2012 Sep;18(9):1468-71. doi: 10.3201/eid1809.111731.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Cervix Uteri / virology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mouth / virology
  • Mouth Diseases / epidemiology
  • Mouth Diseases / virology*
  • Papillomaviridae / classification
  • Papillomaviridae / genetics
  • Papillomavirus Infections / epidemiology*
  • Prevalence
  • Sweden / epidemiology
  • Young Adult