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ArticlePapillomavirus research (Amsterdam, Netherlands)2017

High diversity of alpha, beta and gamma human papillomaviruses in genital samples from HIV-negative and HIV-positive heterosexual South African men.

Tracy L Meiring, Zizipho Z A Mbulawa, Maia Lesosky, David Coetzee, Anna-Lise Williamson

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Article in Papillomavirus research (Amsterdam, Netherlands), 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Tracy L MeiringDivision of Medical Virology, Department of Pathology and Institute of Infectious Diseases & Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town 7925, South Africa. Electronic address: tracy.meiring@uct.ac.za.
Zizipho Z A MbulawaDivision of Medical Virology, Department of Pathology and Institute of Infectious Diseases & Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town 7925, South Africa; Center for HIV & STIs, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, National Health Laboratory Service, Cape Town 7925, South Africa.
Maia LesoskyDivision of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town 7925, South Africa.
David CoetzeeSchool of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town 7925, South Africa.
Anna-Lise WilliamsonDivision of Medical Virology, Department of Pathology and Institute of Infectious Diseases & Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town 7925, South Africa; National Health Laboratory Service, Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town 7925, South Africa; SAMRC Gynaecological Cancer Research Centre, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town 7925, South Africa.
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThis study investigated the prevalence of HPVs in heterosexual South African men and the impact of HIV co-infection.

methodsHPV was detected in penile swabs from 195 HIV-infected and 140 HIV-uninfected men using PCR with FAP59/64 primers and Roche Linear Array HPV genotyping (LA). Genotyping of FAP positive specimens was achieved by high-throughput sequencing of amplicons.

resultsHPV was detected by FAP PCR and LA in 79% (266/335) of the men. Men with HIV co-infection and men with HIV infected sexual partners had a significantly (p<0.0001) higher HPV infection risk (adjusted odds ratio 4.0 (2.1-8.2) and 3.7 (2.1-6.7), respectively). LA genotyping and 454 sequencing of 218 FAP positive specimens detected 45 known α-HPV types, 45 β-HPV types (34 known, 10 putative and 1 novel putative), and 91 γ-HPV types (26 known, 51 putative and 14 novel putative). Alpha, beta and gamma types were detected in 89.8%, 51.4% and 62.4% of the 218 men with HPV-62, HPV-5 and HPV-121 most common in each genus, respectively.

conclusionA great diversity of known and novel alpha, beta and gamma HPV types were detected with higher prevalence in HIV co-infected men and unknown associations, if any, with genital lesions and cancers.

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Alpha papillomavirusBeta papillomavirusGamma papillomavirusHigh-throughput sequencingHIVPenile HPV infection

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PMID28720451
PMCPMC5883241
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