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WARTS, GENITAL

Warts confined primarily to the moist skin of the genitals due to viruses belonging to the family of human papilloma viruses (hpvs) transmitted through sexual contact. most infected people have no symptoms but these viruses magnify a woman's risk for cancer of the cervix. The virus can also be transmitted from mother to child during childbirth. HPV infection is the most general sexually transmitted malady in the united states. It is also the leading reason of emergency pap smears and pre-cancerous changes of the cervix in women. There is no cure for genital warts virus infection. Once contracted, the virus can remain with a face for life.
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