Gay teenagers who have had at least four sexual partners are at creased risk of ntractg human papillomavis (HPV), a new study suggts.
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HPV MON AMONG SEXUALLY ACTIVE YOUNG GAY MEN
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For this reason, HIV-posive gay or bisexual men have higher levels of both HPV fectn and HPV-related disease than heterosexual men (Ste, 1999).
An timated 61% of HIV-negative and 93% of HIV-posive gay and bisexual men have anal HPV fectns, pared to 50% or ls of heterosexual men. Dpe the fact that HPV is the most mon e of anal ncer men, those who have the hight risk rema woefully unaware, wh studi suggtg that only about 25% of gay and bisexual men are knowledgeable about the relatnship between HPV fectn and anal ncer. NEW YORK (Rters Health) - Gay teenagers who have had at least four sexual partners are at creased risk of ntractg human papillomavis (HPV), a new study least half of sexually active people get HPV at some pot their liv, acrdg to the Centers for Disease Control and Preventn (CDC).
Prev rearch has suggted most adult gay men have the sexually transmted fectn. Cranston, who was not volved the new study, directs the Anal Dysplasia Clic and Rearch Program at the Universy of Ptsburgh Medil Center and his team tted 200 young gay men age 16 to 20 for HPV and genal warts and gave them a sexual history of the men tted posive for high-risk forms of the vis, and 11 percent tted posive for two or more who’d ever had vagal sex or anal sex were more likely to tt posive for penile HPV, acrdg to rults published the Journal of Infect men who had never received anal sex, 10 percent tted posive for anal HPV. Rat are higher among gay men than heterosexual people, Chen the many typ of the HPV vis, HPV 16 is most monly associated wh anal ncers.