Prevalence of and risk factors for oral human papillomavirus among young women in Costa Rica.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Little is known about the epidemiology of oral human papillomavirus (HPV) in Latin America.

Methods

Women (N = 5838) aged 22-29 in the control and vaccine arms of an HPV-16/18 vaccine trial in Costa Rica had oral, cervical, and anal specimens collected. Samples were tested for alpha mucosal HPV types (SPF10/LiPA25 version 1); a subset of oral samples (n = 500) was tested for cutaneous HPV types in the genera alpha, beta, gamma, mu, and nu.

Results

In the control arm (n = 2926), 1.9% of women had an oral alpha mucosal HPV detected, 1.3% had carcinogenic HPV, and 0.4% had HPV-16; similar patterns for non-16/18 HPV types were observed in the vaccine arm. Independent risk factors for any oral alpha mucosal HPV among women in the control arm included marital sta

SUBMITTER: Lang Kuhs KA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3805238 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature