Understanding Oral Health In Hpv Related Oropharyngeal Cancer In People With Hiv

Little is known about why people living with HIV have a much higher rate of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and oropharyngeal cancer (OPC) than the general population. And it’s not just those with untreated advanced HIV infection, known as AIDS Supported by a five-year, $3.9 million RO1 grant from the National Institutes of Health, Flowers, co-principal investigator Canhua Xiao, PhD, RN, FAAN, associate professor at the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing at Emory University, and their research The team plans to enroll 500 people in the study, “Oral microbiome and periodontal disease in oral HPV infection among people living with HIV.” The study will examine the associations between the oral microbiome, periodontal diseases and immune substrates of oral HPV infection in people with HIV. See the full story. Sign up for the Oral Health Group’s weekly e-newsletter to get news straight to your inbox!