Prevalence and Epidemiologic Profile of Oral Infection with Alpha, Beta, and Gamma Papillomaviruses in an Asian Chinese Population.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Knowledge of the prevalence of and risk factors for oral human papillomavirus (HPV) infection, especially cutaneous types, is limited.

Methods

A population-based study using next-generation sequencing consecutively recruited asymptomatic individuals aged 18-64 years from a proportional sampling of the general population of Hong Kong, according to age groups, gender, and regions of residence. We examined associations of alpha-, beta-, and gamma-HPVs from oral rinse samples with participants' sociodemographics by logistic regression models.

Results

The prevalence of oral HPV infection among 1426 ethnic Chinese was 15.5% (95% confidence interval [CI], 13.7%-17.5%), 2.5% (95% CI, 1.8%-3.5%), 11.9% (95% CI, 10.3%-13.6%), and 2.9% (95% CI, 2.1%-3.9%) for any type

SUBMITTER: Wong MCS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6049037 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature