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ArticleDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2023

Oral HPV Infection in Women with HPV-Positive Cervix Is Closely Related to Oral Sex.

Maria Teresa Bruno, Sara Boemi, Giuseppe Caruso, Francesco Sgalambro, Salvatore Ferlito, Antonio Cavallaro, Maria Chiara Sudano, Marco Palumbo

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Article in Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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15citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Maria Teresa BrunoDepartment of General Surgery and Medical Surgery Specialties, Gynecological Clinic, University of Catania, Via S.Sofia 78, 95123 Catania, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1557-1538
Sara BoemiMultidisciplinary Research Center in Papillomavirus Pathology, University of Catania, 95123 Catania, Italy.
Giuseppe CarusoDepartment of General Surgery and Medical Surgery Specialties, Gynecological Clinic, University of Catania, Via S.Sofia 78, 95123 Catania, Italy.
Francesco SgalambroMultidisciplinary Research Center in Papillomavirus Pathology, University of Catania, 95123 Catania, Italy.
Salvatore FerlitoMultidisciplinary Research Center in Papillomavirus Pathology, University of Catania, 95123 Catania, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7136-9698
Antonio CavallaroMultidisciplinary Research Center in Papillomavirus Pathology, University of Catania, 95123 Catania, Italy.
Maria Chiara SudanoMultidisciplinary Research Center in Papillomavirus Pathology, University of Catania, 95123 Catania, Italy.
Marco PalumboDepartment of General Surgery and Medical Surgery Specialties, Gynecological Clinic, University of Catania, Via S.Sofia 78, 95123 Catania, Italy.
University of Catania · IT

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The oral transmission of HPV and, consequently, the risk of oral cancer has increased in the last years. Oral sex has often been implicated among the risk factors for oral HPV infections, however, there is still no consensus on these topics, nor on the relationship between genital and oral HPV infections. The present study aimed to evaluate the coexistence of papilloma virus, at the levels of the oral and genital mucosa, in women with a histologically confirmed HPV lesions (and a positive HPV test) at the genital level and a negative HPV control group. We also evaluated how some risk factors, such as smoking, the number of partners, age, and sexual habits can influence the possible presence of the virus itself in the oropharynx of the same women. In total, 117 unvaccinated women aged between 18 and 52 were enrolled. We found that the prevalence of oral HPV infection was high among the women with concomitant genital HPV infection (22%) compared to the HPV-negative women (0%), and the estimated odds ratio was 17.36 (95% CI: 1.02, 297.04). In none of the women with oral HPV did we find any relevant clinical lesions. The potential risk factors for HPV infections in the oropharynx and genitals were analyzed based on questionnaire responses. A multivariate analysis showed that genital HPV infections were significantly associated with a number of sexual partners > 10 (OR 138.60, 95% CI: 6.04-3181.30,

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9-valent HPV vaccineOCSSoral HPVoral sex

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