Hpv

HPV vaccination was effective in preventing penile HPV infection in transgender women and men who have sex with men when the vaccine was administered before and up to age 18 years, researchers reported in The Journal of Infectious Diseases.

Men are significantly more likely than women to have oral HPV infection, regardless of vaccination status, according to a study in Clinical Infectious Diseases.

HPV infection was associated with an up to 2.6-fold increased risk for HIV acquisition among women in sub-Saharan Africa, according to study findings reported in AIDS.

Today is International HPV Awareness Day.

A Finnish study involving more than 300 children found that oral HPV was prevalent in nearly 23% of newborns and persisted in approximately 15% of children for a mean of about 20 months, researchers reported in Emerging Infectious Diseases.

The incidence of anal cancer among women and those older than 50 years rose significantly from 2001 to 2016, according to a poster presented at the American College of Gastroenterology annual meeting.

Self-sampling for HPV infection to screen for cervical cancer prevention would be a useful option for many at-risk individuals as an alternative to provider-collected HPV and cervical cytology.

Approximately 70% of U.S. adolescents are not up to date on routine vaccinations for HPV, meningococcal disease and tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis by the age of 17 years, according to data presented at IDWeek.

A recent study showed that quadrivalent HPV vaccination substantially reduced the risk for invasive cervical cancer. It was the top story in hematology/oncology last week.

Quadrivalent HPV vaccination substantially reduced the risk for invasive cervical cancer among Swedish girls and women aged 10 to 30 years, according to results of a study published in The New England Journal of Medicine.