![Does the chance of infection by genital types of HPV increase depending on the number of sexual partners? Does the chance of infection by genital types of HPV increase depending on the number of sexual partners?](https://mortakis.hpvinfocenter.gr/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/mortakis_couple-750x500.jpg)
American researchers studied a large group of female students for at least five years. The study included female students who started having sexual contact within the 6 months prior to being included in the study and it focused on infection percentages over time (the uterine cervix was tested for HPV DNA every 6 months). It was found that, within the first two years, 60% of the students were infected by one or more types of HPV, and within five years 80% of them had been infected. The infection percentages were proportional to the reported number of sexual partners.
It is self-evident that the restriction of the number of sexual partners reduces the risk of infection.