Factors Associated With Persistence and Clearance of High-Risk Oral Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Among Participants in the HPV Infection in Men (HIM) Study.
Deepti BettampadiBradley A SirakMartha E AbrahamsenRichard R ReichLuisa L VillaEduardo Lazcano PonceAnna R GiulianoPublished in: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2021)
Eighteen percent of HPV16 infections persisted beyond 24 months, potentially conferring higher risk of HPV-OPC among these men. Older age appears to be an important factor associated with oral high-risk HPV persistence. More studies among healthy men are required to understand the progression of oral HPV infection to HPV-OPC.