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1 in 9 American men infected with oral HPV
UPI ^ | October 16, 2017 | Steven Reinberg

Posted on 10/18/2017 10:31:53 AM PDT by C19fan

Eleven million American men are infected with oral human papillomavirus (HPV), which can lead to cancers of the head, neck and throat, a new study reports.

That equates to 1 in 9 U.S. males aged 18 to 69. And infection is most likely for those who have had multiple oral sexual partners, are gay or bisexual, or who also have genital HPV infection, a team of U.S. researchers found.

(Excerpt) Read more at upi.com ...


TOPICS: Science; Society
KEYWORDS: hpv; std
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To: kearnyirish2

and dentists, the pool, shaking hands and the slut down the street.


41 posted on 10/18/2017 4:19:27 PM PDT by CJ Wolf (It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World)
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To: jalisco555
Not surprising. According to the CDC 80% of sexually active adults are infected with at least one type of genital HPV by age 50.

Hey!
Does that mean that I can finally claim to be a member of a bona fides minority?

Maybe two...
Are legal immigrants a minority yet?

42 posted on 10/18/2017 7:07:01 PM PDT by publius911 (Seriously??)
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To: C19fan

Bump for later.


43 posted on 10/18/2017 7:35:56 PM PDT by Springman (Rest In Peace YaYa123, Bahbah, and Just Lori.)
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