According to a study in the most recent issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), a startling high percent of the US population between 14 and 69 carries an oral form of the Human papillomavirus (HPV).
The study, "Prevalence of Oral HPV Infection in the United States, 2009-2010", says that the prevalence of infection of oral HPV is 6.9 %. This virus is chiefly sexually transmitted, and according to the study's authors, men are three times as likely to have the virus as women.
This oral HPV is associated with a specific subtype of oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinomas (OSCCs) and the prevalence is highest among people in the their early 30s as well as their early 60s.
The rate of infection correlates with the number of sexual partners one has, along with the number of cigarettes smoked per day.
Source: JAMA
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