Official websites use. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites. Information regarding oral sex practices of Peruvian FSWs, 18β26 years of age, was obtained via survey and compared with HPV testing results of oral rinse samples. Ten The prevalence of oral HPV was relatively low, considering the high rates of oral sex practiced by these women.
Keywords: human papillomavirus, HPV, oral, female sex workers, cervical abnormality, oral rinse samples, concordance, Peru. Human papillomavirus HPV has been shown to cause oropharyngeal cancer.
FSWs may be at higher risk of cervical and oral HPV infections due to their exposure to multiple sexual partners. The locations where women were recruited varied in their costs for services, duration of services and number of FSW employees. Eligibility criteria included age 18β26 years, healthy, HIV seronegative, not pregnant and not having received HPV vaccine. A survey was administered in Spanish with questions about sexual health, condom use, partnerships and demographics.
All participants were asked to participate in an optional study procedure to obtain oral HPV prevalence from 30 March to 26 July If they agreed, participants answered nine additional questions regarding risk behaviours including condom use with clients and partners for oral sex and they provided an oral rinse sample by swishing and gargling two tablespoons of Scope Proctor and Gamble, Cincinnati, OH, USA mouthwash.
All participants provided written informed consent for their participation in this study. Aliquots of Scope mouthwash and water without sampling were sent and tested as negative controls. Survey data were double entered and checked for logic and range. Discrepancies were resolved using the source document. Differences in means were computed by F -test. Frequencies of oral and vaginal sex were compared and presented by site-specific HPV status.
