Male circumcision and serologically determined human papillomavirus infection in a birth cohort

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Male circumcision and serologically determined human papillomavirus infection in a birth cohort

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Circumcision has been reported to protect against infection with human papillomavirus (HPV) in men, but results have been inconsistent. We followed males in a birth cohort born in Dunedin, New Zealand, in 1972 and 1973 from age 3 to 32 years. Seropositivity at age 32 years for the oncogenic types HPV-16 and 18, and the nononcogenic types 6 and 11, was studied in relation to maternal reports of circumcision status at age 3 for 450 men. Seropositivity to any of these types was associated with l...

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Research paper

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Scholarly text / Journal article

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Article

Date created

2009

Creator

Dickson, N. / Ryding, J. / van Roode, T. / Paul, C. / Herbison, P. / Dillner, J. / Skegg, D.C.

URL

https://hdl.handle.net/10523/14636

Related subjects

virus antibodies / adolescents / adult / child / circumcision / condyloma acuminatum / Human papillomavirus type 11 / Human papillomavirus type 16 / Human papillomavirus type 18 / Human papillomavirus type 6 / infection prevention / morality / serology / seroprevalence / sexual behavior / sexuality / chi-square distribution / preschool child / male circumcision / Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / male genitalia / longitudinal study / New Zealand / Papillomaviridae / Papillomavirus Infections / questionnaire / risk factors

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