Sexually transmitted diseases
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Little is known about the rates and determinants of oral human papillomavirus (HPV) infection, an infection that is etiologically linked with oropharyngeal cancers. ⋯ Although nearly 20% of sexually active male university students had evidence of oral HPV infection within 12 months, most infections were transient. Human papillomavirus type 16 was not common. Sexual contact and autoinoculation appeared to play independent roles in the transmission of α-genus HPV to the oral cavity of young men.