HPV‐associated flat penile lesions in men of a non‐STD hospital population: Less frequent and smaller in size than in male sexual partners of women with CIN

• Published in: International journal of cancer Vol. 113; no. 1; pp. 36 - 41
• Main Authors: Bleeker, Maaike C.G., Hogewoning, Cornelis J.A., Voorhorst, Feja J., van den Brule, Adriaan J.C., Berkhof, Johannes, Hesselink, Albertus T., Lettink, Marjolein, Starink, Theo M., Stoof, Tom J., Snijders, Peter J.F., Meijer, Chris J.L.M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company 01.01.2005; Wiley-Liss
• Subjects: Adult; Biological and medical sciences; Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia - diagnosis; Colposcopy; Female; flat penile lesions; Genotype; Human papillomavirus; Human viral diseases; Humans; Infectious diseases; Inpatients - statistics & numerical data; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Netherlands - epidemiology; Papillomaviridae; Papillomavirus Infections - complications; Papillomavirus Infections - diagnosis; Papillomavirus Infections - epidemiology; Papillomavirus Infections - pathology; Penile Diseases - diagnosis; Penile Diseases - epidemiology; Penile Diseases - pathology; Penile Diseases - virology; penile HPV; Polymerase Chain Reaction; Prevalence; Sexual Partners; Tumors; Uterine Cervical Neoplasms - diagnosis; Viral diseases; Viral diseases of the genital and urinary system; Viral Load; Netherlands; Human; Premalignant lesion; Prevalence; Papovaviridae; Epidemiology; Female genital diseases; Infection; Papillomavirus; Virus; Human papillomavirus; Penile diseases; Cancerology; Penis; Viral disease; Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia; Sex partner; Lesion; Male genital diseases; Viral load; Uterine cervix diseases

Human papillomavirus (HPV) infections and HPV‐associated penile lesions are frequently found in male sexual partners of women with cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN). To determine the significance of these findings, we studied the prevalence of HPV and HPV associated penile lesions in a male h...