MTC 01-03Emerging issues on HPV transmission, focus on differences by sex

02. Epidemiology and natural history
G. Dsouza 1.
1Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (United States)

Background / Objectives

Invited Talk.

This talk will review differences in HPV infection risk between men and women.  Risk of genital HPV, anal HPV, and oral HPV will be discussed and compared between men and women. 


Methods

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Results

Conclusion

It has been noted that men have a higher incidence of oral HPV infection and HPV-related oropharyngeal cancer than women, but reasons for this difference were not understood. Recent data will be reviewed which help to explain these differences in oral HPV infection between men and women.


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