Epidemiology of anal HPV infection in high-risk men attending a sexually transmitted infection clinic in Puerto Rico

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Colón López, Vivian ^a   Ortiz, Ana Patricia ^a   Del Toro Mejías, Lizbeth ^a   Clatts, Michael Craig ^a   Palefsky, Joel M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAL HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTION; ANUS DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONDOM USE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS TYPE 31; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS TYPE 51; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS TYPE 58; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTION; PREVALENCE; PUERTO RICO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SYPHILIS; UNSAFE SEX; WART VIRUS;

ADULT; ALPHAPAPILLOMAVIRUS; ANAL CANAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PREVALENCE; PUERTO RICO; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896486375     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0083209     Document Type: Article

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