Epidemiology of anal human papillomavirus infection and high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions in 29 900 men according to HIV status, sexuality, and age: A collaborative pooled analysis of 64 studies

• Main Authors: Wei, Feixue, Gaisa, Michael M., D'Souza, Gypsyamber, Xia, Ningshao, Giuliano, Anna R., Hawes, Stephen E., Gao, Lei, Cheng, Shu-Hsing, Dona, Maria Gabriella, Goldstone, Stephen E., van der Loeff, Maarten F. Schim, Neukam, Karin, Meites, Elissa, Poynten, I. Mary, Dai, Jianghong, Combes, Jean-Damien, Wieland, Ulrike, Burgos, Joaquin, Wilkin, Timothy J., Hernandez, Alexandra L., Diaz, Mauricio Iribarren, Hidalgo-Tenorio, Carmen, Arredondo, Marleny Valencia, Nyitray, Alan G., Wentzensen, Nicolas, Chow, Eric Pf, Smelov, Vitaly, Nowak, Rebecca G., Phanuphak, Nittaya, Woo, Yin Ling, Choi, Yoojin, Hu, Yifei, Schofield, Alice M., Woestenberg, Petra J., Chikandiwa, Admire T., Hickey, Andrew C., de Pokomandy, Alexandra, Murenzi, Gad, Pere, Helene, del Pino, Marta, Ortiz, Ana P., Charnot-Katsikas, Angella, Liu, Xing, Chariyalertsak, Suwat, Strong, Carol, Ong, Jason J., Yunihastuti, Evy, Etienney, Isabelle, Ferre, Valentine M., Zou, Huachun, Segondy, Michel, Chinyowa, Simbarashe, Alberts, Catharina J., Clifford, Gary M.
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier 2021
• Subjects: R Medicine (General); RC Internal medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/34713/

Background Robust age-specific estimates of anal human papillomavirus (HPV) and high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (HSIL) in men can inform anal cancer prevention efforts. We aimed to evaluate the age-specific prevalence of anal HPV, HSIL, and their combination , in men, stratified by HIV s...