Is the human papillomavirus DNA present in penile warts?

Infection with human papillomavirus (HPV) has been established to be a sexually transmitted disease, with a potential risk of intraepithelial neoplasia and invasive cancer, function of the genotype involved. Scraped cells from lesions of 27 men establishing various types of penile warts were investigated by PCR for HPV DNA detection. Twenty patients (76.9%) were found to have an HPV infection. By RFLP genotyping of only 13 samples, 4 HPV16. 2 HPV6 and 7 HPV ND infections were determined. Comments about these cases, in correlation with other factors are presented. The findings in this study confirmed the HPV involvement in penile warts.