Title
Oral sex practices, oral human papillomavirus and correlations between oral and cervical human papillomavirus prevalence among female sex workers in Lima, Peru
Date Issued
01 November 2011
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Publisher(s)
SAGE
Abstract
Few data exist on oral human papillomavirus (HPV) prevalence in female sex workers (FSWs). Information regarding oral sex practices of 185 Peruvian FSWs, 18-26 years of age, was obtained via survey and compared with HPV testing results of oral rinse samples. Oral HPV prevalence was 14/185 (7.6%); four (28.9%) HPV genotypes were carcinogenic. One hundred and eighty-two participants reported having had oral sex; 95% reported condom use during oral sex with clients and 9.5% with partners. Women who had oral sex more than three times with their partners in the past month were more likely to have oral HPV than women who had oral sex three times or less (P = 0.06). Ten (71.4%) women with oral HPV were HPV-positive at the cervix; conversely 8.3% of women with cervical HPV were HPV-positive in the oral cavity. The prevalence of oral HPV was relatively low, considering the high rates of oral sex practiced by these women.
Start page
655
End page
658
Volume
22
Issue
11
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Epidemiología
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-81355163839
PubMed ID
Source
International Journal of STD and AIDS
ISSN of the container
0956-4624
Sponsor(s)
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development T32HD046405 NICHD
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