Patterns of human papillomavirus types in multiple infections: an analysis in women and men of the high throughput human papillomavirus monitoring study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To evaluate the pattern of co-infection of human papillomavirus (HPV) types in both sexes in Sweden.

Methods

Cell samples from genital swabs, first-void urine, and genital swabs immersed in first-void urine were collected in the present cross-sectional High Throughput HPV Monitoring study. Overall, 31,717 samples from women and 9,949 from men (mean age 25) were tested for 16 HPV types using mass spectrometry. Multilevel logistic regression was used to estimate the expected number of multiple infections with specific HPV types, adjusted for age, type of sample, and accounting for correlations between HPV types due to unobserved risk factors using sample-level random effects. Bonferroni correction was used to allow for multiple comparisons (120).

Results

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SUBMITTER: Vaccarella S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3747214 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature