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SUBMITTER: Lu B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3466057 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lu Beibei B Viscidi Raphael P RP Wu Yougui Y Nyitray Alan G AG Villa Luisa L LL Lazcano-Ponce Eduardo E Carvalho da Silva Roberto J RJ Baggio Maria Luiza ML Quiterio Manuel M Salmerón Jorge J Smith Danelle C DC Abrahamsen Martha M Papenfuss Mary M Giuliano Anna R AR
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology 20120703 9
<h4>Background</h4>It is largely unknown if antihuman papillomavirus (HPV) serum antibody responses vary by anatomic site of infection in men.<h4>Methods</h4>This study assessed type-specific anti-HPV serum antibody prevalence associated with corresponding HPV DNA detection in the external genitalia and the anal canal of 1,587 heterosexual men and 199 men who have sex with men (MSM).<h4>Results</h4>We observed that HPV 6 and 16 seroprevalence was higher in the presence of same HPV-type infection ...[more]