Giulia Marchetti, Laura Comi, Teresa Bini, Marco Rovati, Francesca Bai, Barbara Cassani, Marina Ravizza, Marco Tarozzi, Alessandro Pandolfo, Serena Dalzero, Enrico Opocher, Solange Romagnoli, Antonio Carrassi, Silvano Bosari, Antonella d'Arminio Monforte
The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of HPV infection and determinants of abnormal cytology in HIV-positive patients. In a cross-sectional study, patients of both sexes, asymptomatic for HPV, underwent anorectal (men)/cervical (women) and oral swabs. Cytology and HPV-PCR detection/genotyping (high- and low-risk genotypes, HR-LR/HPV) were performed. A total of 20% of the 277 enrolled patients showed oral HPV, with no atypical cytology; in men, anal HPV prevalence was 81% with 64% HR genotypes. In women, cervical HPV prevalence was 58% with 37% HR-HPV...
2013: Journal of Sexually Transmitted Diseases