Human papillomavirus in the pubic hair follicles of men and cervical lesions in their female sexual partners
Han, T.; Sun, X.; Wang, Y.-B.; Zhu, C.-M.; Xu, X.-Q.
Zhonghua Nan Ke Xue 19(9): 785-788
2013
ISSN/ISBN: 1009-3591 PMID: 24386854 Document Number: 663987
To investigate the association of human papillomavirus (HPV) in the pubic hair follicles of males with HPV infection in their female sexual partners. We included in this study 21 female patients with HPV infection, including 8 cases of cervical cancer, 5 cases of atypical cervical hyperplasia, 5 cases of cervical condyloma, and 3 cases with unidentified causes. We also enlisted 52 men without visible condyloma acuminatum in the external genitalia as healthy controls. We detected HPV in the pubic hair follicles of the female patients' male sexual partners and the healthy male controls by PCR and reverse hybridization in situ. HPV positive was found in 6 (28.6%) of the 21 women's male partners, in whom the HPV types were correspondent situ. to those of the female patients. HPV in the pubic hair follicles of men might be one of the causes of HPV-related cervical lesions in their female sexual partners.