Human Papilloma Virus
Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the name of a group of viruses that
infect the skin. There are more than 70 different types of HPV.
Certain types of HPV cause warts on the hands or feet, and other types can cause warts on the genitals. But some people never have warts they can see and many never get warts, so most people with HPV do not know they have it.
About 30 of these types are sexually transmitted and cause genital HPV. Some types of genital HPV may cause genital warts, while other types of genital HPV are linked to abnormal cell changes on the cervix (detected through Pap Smear).
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