Completed in 2012

We looked at the incidence and risk factors for oral human papillomavirus (HPV) among men who have sex with men. We also compared sampling and transport methods for finding HPV in samples.

We found that oral HPV was associated with HIV infection, smoking, recent tooth-brushing, and more lifetime tongue-kissing and oral sex partners.

Publications

Oral human papillomavirus in men having sex with men: risk-factors and sampling

Tim R. H. Read, Jane S. Hocking, Lenka A. Vodstrcil, Sepehr N. Tabrizi, Michael J. McCullough, Andrew E. Grulich, Suzanne M. Garland, Catriona S. Bradshaw, Marcus Y. Chen, Christopher K. Fairley

(2012), PLOS ONE,

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0049324