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Treatments described in the medical news section may not be available in all countries. We do not sell the listed medicines. Drugs may have side effects not mentioned here. Prevalence of genital wart in men aged 18-45 years is 8 %: Danish study. Munk C, Sex Transm Infect doi:10.1136/sextrans-2012-050512 Advance online 1 September 2012 Individuals with genital warts have increased risk of anogenital cancers and head and neck cancers. The risks remained elevated for more than 10 years following genital wart diagnosis. Journal of Infectious Diseases (2012) 205 (10): 1544 The genital wart vaccine Gardasil significantly reduces the risk of high-grade pre-cancerous anal lesion recurrence in men who have sex with men. Therefore vaccine may be an effective adjuvant therapy. Clinical Infectious Diseases, online: January 30, 2012 Genital warts have nearly disappeared in women and men under 21 years of age, four years after commencing national human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination program in Australia. Sexually Transmitted Infection 2011;87:544
Study of HPV in men: HPV 6 (43.8%), HPV 11 (10.7%), and HPV 16 (9.8%) were the genotypes most commonly detected in genital warts. Journal of Infectious diseases, online, 19 October 2011
Human papilloma virus vaccine Gardassil fights the four HPV strains believed to cause 70 percent of cervical cancers and more than 90 percent of genital warts. HPV Vaccines: Gardsil vs Ceravix: Human Papilloma virus (HPV) subtypes 6 or 11 cause genital warts in ninety percent of the time. HPV subtypes 16 and 18 are responsible for cervical cancer in women. HPV vaccine Gardsil protects against subtypes 6, 11, 16 and 18 seeking to prevent genital warts and cervical cancer. Ceravix covers subtypes 16 and 18, preventing cervical cancer, but not genital wart.
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