Human Papillomavirus Infections Among Couples in New Sexual Relationships

Abstract

Although HPV is common, detection of the same type in persons initiating a sex relationship would be rare given type-specific prevalence rates. The high degree of concordance we found suggests a high probability of transmission.

Sexual Transmission of Oral Human Papillomavirus Infection among Men

“…Study procedures have been described previously (8). Briefly, this is a longitudinal cohort study conducted at McGill University from May 2005 through January 2011 that enrolled young female university or junior college students (aged 18-24) and their male partners (at least 18 years old).…”

Epidemiology of Mucosal Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Infections Among Adult and Children

“…Studies on genital HPV infection between women who have sex with women also suggest the possibility of transmission between female sex partners (Marrazzo et al 2000). More studies are also available on the transmissibility of HPV; the evidence is that HPV is highly transmissible (Barnabas et al, 2006;Burchell et al, 2010). For example, Barnabas et al (2006) estimated the per-partner male-to-female transmission probability as much as 60% for HPV-16.…”

Update on Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccines

“…Another publication based upon the HITCH study reports high type-concordance between newly-formed partnerships (41%), nearly four times more than expected if HPV status of partners were not correlated. (68) There are currently no studies that directly demonstrate reduced transmission of HPV vaccine-types from males to females, or reduced cervical cancer, as a result of immunization of males. (69) Modeling studies have assessed the impact of HPV immunization of males with varying results.…”