Incidence of human papillomavirus infection in male sexual partners of women diagnosed with CIN II-III.

Introduction: Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is a very common sexually transmitted disease which has been strongly related to cervical cancer and cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN), penile cancer and intraepithelial and infiltrating anal squamous cell carcinoma.

Objectives: To describe the HPV status of male sexual partners of women diagnosed with CIN II/III and to evaluate the practical usefulness of the HPV detection in urine as a reliable marker of genital high-risk HPV infection in men.

Methods: Ninety-one heterosexual male partners (mean age 32.