Genital Warts
Description of Genital Warts:
Genital warts (or Condyloma, Condylomata acuminata, or venereal warts, also
anal wart or anogenital wart) is a highly contagious sexually transmitted
infection caused by some sub-types of human papillomavirus (HPV). It is spread
through direct skin-to-skin contact during oral, genital, or anal sex with an
infected partner. Genital warts are the most easily recognized sign of genital
HPV infection. They can be caused by strains 6, 11, 30, 42, 43, 44, 45, 51, 52
and 54 of genital HPV; types 6 and 11 are responsible for 90% of genital warts
cases. Most people who acquire those strains never develop warts or any other
symptoms. HPV also causes many cases of cervical cancer; types 16 and 18 account
for 70% of cases.
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