Frequent male condom use decreases women's risk of HPV infection.(DIGESTS)(Clinical report)

From: International Family Planning Perspectives | Date: September 1, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

The more consistently women's male sex partners use condoms, the less likely women are to acquire genital human papillomavirus (HPV) infection, according to a longitudinal study among newly sexually active young women. (1) Compared with their counterparts whose male partners used condoms less than 5% of the time for vaginal intercourse, women whose partners used them at least half the time had a 50% lower risk of infection and women whose partners used them every time had a 70% lower risk. The pattern was similar in analyses restricted to types of HPV associated with a low risk of ...

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