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

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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Marlies Heiligenberg, Catharina J Alberts, Tim Waterboer, Arjen G C L Speksnijder, Henry J C De Vries, Michael Pawlita, Maarten F Schim van der Loeff. Route of Sexual Exposure Is Independently Associated With Seropositivity to HPV-16 and HPV-18 Among Clients of an STI Clinic in the Netherlands. The Journal of infectious diseases. 2013 Oct;208(7):1081-5

PMID: 23861551

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