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But sexually transmitted diseases are on the rise. These paragraphs are about human papilloma virus.
"Sexually transmitted HPV types fall into two categories:
HPV infections are the most common sexually transmitted infections in the United States. About 14 million new genital HPV infections occur each year (4). In fact, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that more than 90% and 80%, respectively, of sexually active men and women will be infected with at least one type of HPV at some point in their lives (5). Around one-half of these infections are with a high-risk HPV type (6)."
- Low-risk HPVs, which do not cause cancer but can cause skin warts (technically known as condylomata acuminata) on or around the genitals and anus. For example, HPV types 6 and 11 cause 90% of all genital warts. HPV types 6 and 11 also cause recurrent respiratory papillomatosis, a less common disease in which benign tumors grow in the air passages leading from the nose and mouth into the lungs.
- High-risk HPVs, which can cause cancer. About a dozen high-risk HPV types have been identified. Two of these, HPV types 16 and 18, are responsible for most HPV-caused cancers (2, 3,).
HPV and Cancer
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Nice article. It answered some questions about which diseases they have vaccines for. One thing that I never understood was why when Gardasil came out they only focused on giving it to young girls. Since it usually takes two, and most cases of HPV are transmitted from one sex to another they should have focused on boys getting the vaccine as well. I think that it was both a public relations error and an error on slowing infection rates to concentrate only on young girls as they did. Yes, the consequences can be more severe for girls and later women from that disease, but that is a poor excuse to ignore half of the cause of the spread of those diseases. And I see that some HPV's still have no vaccine. I wonder what their infection rates are and if they have gone up since the introduction of vaccines.