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papillomavirus
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papillomavirus

Any of a group of viruses that cause warts and other harmless tumours in humans. More than 100 distinct types are known. Different types are responsible for warts of the hands, plantar warts (of the feet), and throat warts. Genital warts are caused by other types, which are spread by sexual intercourse. Some types of papillomaviruses that cause genital infections have been linked with various cancerous tumours, especially cervical cancers; their presence can be detected through a Pap smear.
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HPV stands for Human Papilloma Virus, which is the sexually transmitted infection that can lead to cervical cancer.
Thought of getting cancer jag is really freaking me out; teen talk by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
Cervical cancer affects the cervix - the entrance to the womb - and is caused by the sexually transmitted infection, the human papilloma virus (HPV).
Your questions answered by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)
The dead girl had been given Cervarix, which guards against the human papilloma virus (HPV), a sexually transmitted infection that causes up to 70% of cervical cancer cases.
GIRL, 14, DIES IN CANCER JAB SCARE by The Mirror (London, England)
 
 
 
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