Who gets hpv?!


Question: well men and women can both get this disease. With men, they can get genital warts. With women this disease is a little more dangerous! They can also get genital warts, but also CERVICAL CANCER!!!! ahh!


Answers: well men and women can both get this disease. With men, they can get genital warts. With women this disease is a little more dangerous! They can also get genital warts, but also CERVICAL CANCER!!!! ahh!

Men are the carriers of the disease, and women get it.

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anyone can get it. It can be transmitted via sexual contact or some women are predispositioned to have it through genetics.

Papillomaviruses are a diverse group of DNA-based viruses that infect the skin and mucous membranes of humans and a variety of animals. Over 100 different human papillomavirus (HPV) types have been identified.

Some HPV types may cause warts while others may cause a subclinical infection resulting in precancerous lesions. All HPVs are transmitted by skin-to-skin contact.

A group of about 30-40 HPVs is typically transmitted through sexual contact and infect the anogenital region. Some sexually transmitted HPVs -- types 6, 11, may cause genital warts. However, other HPV types which may infect the genitals do not cause any noticeable signs of infection.

Persistent infection with a subset of about 13 so-called "high-risk" sexually transmitted HPVs, including types 16, 18, 31, 33, 35, 39, 45, 51, 52, 56, 58, 59, and 68



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