High prevalence and genotype diversity of anal HPV infection among MSM in Northern Thailand

• Main Authors: Supindham T., Chariyalertsak S., Utaipat U., Miura T., Ruanpeng D., Chotirosniramit N., Kosashunhanan N., Sugandhavesa P., Saokhieo P., Songsupa R., Siriaunkgul S., Wongthanee A.
• Format: Article
• Published: Public Library of Science 2015
• Subjects: Medicine (all); Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (all); Agricultural and Biological Sciences (all)
• Online Access: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=84929207817&origin=inward; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/handle/6653943832/38483
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

© 2015 Supindham et al. Background: HPV infection is common and may cause cancer among men who have sex with men (MSM). Anal HPV infection (HPV+) was found in 85% of HIV-positive (HIV+) and 59% of HIV-negative (HIV-) MSM in Bangkok, central Thailand. As little is known about HPV in this group in nor...