Ratio of anogenital warts between different anatomical sites in homosexual and heterosexual individuals in Australia, 2002-2013: Implications for susceptibility of different anatomical sites to genital warts

EPF Chow; AC Lin; TRH Read; CS Bradshaw; MY Chen; CK Fairley

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Ratio of anogenital warts between different anatomical sites in homosexual and heterosexual individuals in Australia, 2002-2013: Implications for susceptibility of different anatomical sites to genital warts

EPF Chow, AC Lin, TRH Read, CS Bradshaw, MY Chen, CK Fairley

Epidemiology and Infection | Published : 2015

DOI: 10.1017/S0950268814002118

Abstract

There is little known regarding the transmissibility of human papillomavirus (HPV) between different sites in men who have sex with men (MSM) and heterosexual individuals. We conducted a retrospective analysis investigating all new patients attending the Melbourne Sexual Health Centre in Australia between 2002 and 2013. We describe the prevalence and ratio of the first episode of anogenital warts in MSM and heterosexual males and females. The proportion of new MSM clients with anal and penile warts was 4·0% (362/8978) and 1·6% (141/8978), respectively; which gave an anal-to-penile wart ratio of 1:2·6. About 13·7% (1656/12112) of heterosexual males had penile warts and 10·0% (1121/11166) of f..

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The authors acknowledge A. Afrizal for his assistance with data extraction. This work was supported by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) programme grant (grant no. 568971).