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HPV

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HPV human papillomavirus.
HPV
abbr.
human papilloma virus

Human papilloma virus (HPV)
A large family of viruses, some of which cause genital warts; HPV can be transmitted to a fetus during birth.

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There was also a link between the duration of smoking and cancer, with long-term smokers more likely to have an HPV infection causing cervical cancer,' she said.
Compared with current practice, vaccinating girls before the age of 12 years would reduce the incidence of genital warts (83%) and cervical cancer (78%) due to HPV 6/11/16/18.
The pattern was similar in analyses restricted to types of HPV associated with a low risk of cervical cancer as well as those associated with a high risk.
 
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