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High rates of incident and prevalent anal human papillomavirus infection among young men who have sex with men.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Feb 2014
Glick Sara Nelson, Feng Qinghua, Popov Viorica, Koutsky Laura A, Golden Matthew R
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: There are few published estimates of anal human papillomavirus (HPV) infection rates among young men who have sex with men (YMSM). METHODS: We estimated incidence and prevalence of type-specific anal HPV infection using clinician-collected anal swabs for HPV DNA testing obtained during a 1-year prospective study of 94 YMSM (mean age, 21 years) in Seattle. RESULTS: Seventy percent of YMSM had any HPV...
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