Prevalence of Cervical, Oral, and Anal Human Papillomavirus Infection in Women Living with HIV in Denmark – The SHADE Cohort study

Five percent of the world ’s cancer burden is attributable to human papillomavirus (HPV) infection [1], and people living with HIV (PLWH) have elevated risk of HPV related cancers at different anatomical sites, compared to their HIV-negative peers [2–4]. Especially increased risk of HPV-related cervical cancer (CC) [2,5– 9], oropharyngeal cancer (OPC) [5,10,11], and anal cancer (AC) [5,12] has been reported [2,5–9]. Whereas HPV is the causal agent of CC, the prevalence of HPV in OPCs is 25-46% [13,14] and 58-100% in ACs [15,16].

Source: Journal of Clinical Virology - May 25, 2018 Category: Virology Authors: Kristina Thorsteinsson, Merete Storgaard, Terese L. Katzenstein, Steen Ladelund, Frederikke F R önsholt, Isik Somuncu Johansen, Gitte Pedersen, Anne Gaardsting, Lars Nørregård Nielsen, Jesper Bonde, Anne-Mette Lebech Source Type: research