Oral human papillomavirus infection in England and associated risk factors: a case-control study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study was conducted to determine the prevalence of and associated risk factors for infection with oral high-risk human papillomavirus (HR-HPV) in adult participants within England, and to explore any association with oral mucosal buccal epithelial cell and whole blood folate concentration.

Design

This was an observational study to determine oral HR-HPV prevalence in the study population. A case-control study was performed to explore the association between infection and folate status.

Setting

This study was conducted in Sheffield, UK, between April 2013 and August 2014.

Participants

Seven hundred participants, aged 18-60 years, were recruited from university students (n=179), university and hospital staff (n=163), dental hospital patients (n=13)

SUBMITTER: Hearnden V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6104753 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature