DETECTION RATE FOR HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS AND SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS AMONG MEDICAL STUDENTS AND CONTAGION FACTORS

Objective. To study the rate of human papillomavirus (HPV) and sexually transmitted infections (STI) and to analyze the factors influencing the spread of these infections among students from a Moscow medical higher educational establishment. Subjects and methods. Subjects and methods. The rate of 13 types of high-risk HPV and 2 types of low-risk HPV was studied using a real-time multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay, by examining vaginal and cervical samples from 401 women. High-risk HPV was detected in 21.2% of women younger than 26 years of age and only in 14.6% of older women. HPV types 16, 51, 56, and 39 were most common. HPV types 6 and 11 were found only in 2.2% of the women younger than 26 years of age. STIs were detected in 5.8% of the women less than 26 years of age and only in 2.4% of the older ones. Results. The detection rate of HPV depends on the number of sexual partners and the age of onset of sexual activity. It was higher in women with a history of 2-3 sexual partners in the part year. According to their questioning results, 7.1 and 42.1% of the medical students had first sexual intercourses under 16 or 18 years of age, respectively. HPV was detected significantly more frequently in a group of women who had started a sexual life under 20 years of age (30.1%) than in those who had at the age of 20 years or later (15.2%). The detection rates for HPV and STI were not different in groups of women using or not using barrier methods of contraception. In women with STI, HPV detection rates were twice higher than those in women without STI.

human papillomavirus, detection rate, sexually transmitted infections, sexual behavior, female medical students, young women