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Oral HPV Infection Strikes Men More Than Women: Study

Sex, smoking associated with raised risk of transmission, researchers report

January 26, 2012 RSS Feed Print

"Absolutely," said Dutcher. "It's pretty straightforward, frankly. Of course, if this were something that wasn't sexually transmitted it would be easier to accept. Given the taboos around sex in our society, it makes people very nervous. But clearly from a virological and medical perspective it makes perfect sense."

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There's more on HPV at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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