Differences in oral sexual behaviors by gender, age, and race explain observed differences in prevalence of oral human papillomavirus infection.

This study explores whether gender, age and race differences in oral sexual behavior account for the demographic distribution of oral human papillomavirus infection (HPV) and HPV-positive oropharyngeal cancer (HPV-OSCC).This analysis included 2,116 men and 2,140 women from NHANES (2009-10) who answe...

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Main Authors: Gypsyamber D'Souza, Kevin Cullen, Janice Bowie, Roland Thorpe, Carole Fakhry
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3901667?pdf=render