“…We estimated the global pooled prevalence for genital HPV infection among men to be 31% (95% CI 27–35) for any HPV and 21% (18–24) for HR-HPV on the basis of data from 65 studies (including 44 769 men) conducted between Jan 1, 1995, and June 1, 2022. 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 , 36 , 37 , 38 , 39 , 40 , 41 , 42 , 43 , 44 , 45 , 46 , 47 , 48 , 49 , 50 , 51 , 52 , 53 , 54 , 55 , 56 , 57 , 58 , 59 , 60 , 61 , 62 , 63 , 64 , 65 , 66 , 67 , 68 , 69 , 70 , 71 , 72 , 73 , 74 , 75 , 76 , 77 , 78 , 79 , 80 , 81 , 82 , 83 , 84 , 85 , 86 , 87 , 88 , 89 , 90 HPV-16 was the dominant HPV type (5%, 95% CI 4–7), followed by HPV-6 (4%, 3–5). The age-specific analysis showed a high prevalence of HPV in young adult men, which remained high throughout adulthood.…”