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Human papillomavirus (HPV), more commonly referred to as genital warts, is one of the most widespread STDs and can also lead to cervical cancer. What many Harvard students may not know is that HPV cannot always be prevented with the use of condoms...
...HPV at Large...
...several studies conducted with college women, nearly half tested positive for HPV. It is estimated that 10 million American women have active viral infections and perhaps 10 percent of them have diseased tissue as a result. Papilloma is associated with 95 percent of cervical cancer cases...
...more than 50 different strains of HPV, some only cause warts, but others have been conclusively linked to pre-malignant and malignant growths in the cervix...
WARTS AND ALL Human papillomavirus, the sexually transmitted disease that causes genital warts, usually goes away on its own. But if it doesn't? A Swedish study now confirms what many doctors have suspected. A persistent HPV infection--one that hangs on for at least a year--raises the odds of developing cervical cancer 200-fold. And there's not too much you can do to prevent HPV. Condoms help somewhat, but monogamy or abstention is the only surefire way to be safe...