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Men and the Human Papillomavirus

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By Yan-Yi Lee – Varsity, 01/31/2022

“…Reasons that account for this striking gender gap in HPV awareness are multifaceted, and the first concerns how HPV testing works. Designing a technically robust HPV test for heterosexual men is challenging; there are currently are no approved tests for penile HPV, and throat swabs appear to be unreliable in capturing the virus as well…”

Read the entire article: https://www.varsity.co.uk/science/22941