Which of the following statements is true about the Human papillomavirus (HPV)?

Which of the following statements is true about the Human papillomavirus (HPV)?
A. All 100 varieties of the virus can cause cancer.
B. There are no symptoms associated with HPV.
C. Between half to three-quarters of sexually active people acquire HPV at some point.
D. All of the above are true about HPV.

C. HPV is so common that most people get it soon after they start having sex.
1.Only high risk types of HPV lead to cancer.
2.Most people with HPV do not develop symptoms or health problems but some types of HPV cause genital warts or cancers(the types of HPV that cause genital warts are not the same types that cause cancers).

b


oops...my bad......most people DO NOT get symptoms, however it does occur.
the answer is c
but i thought it was actually a higer percentage that actually acwuired hpv

A, most sexually active people don't get HPV and HPV does have symptoms so it has to be A

C is the right answer.

Because not all types can cause cancer and there ARE symptoms.

"C" is the correct answer! JM-RN

I say B-D are true?

A. All 100 varieties of the virus can cause cancer.

No only about 15 high risk HPV types are found in cancers.

B. There are no symptoms associated with HPV.

There are not always symptoms of HPV. It might take years
after the initial HPV infection to show as genital warts or a cervical cell changes. You can have HPV with no cell changes or genital warts.

C. Between half to three-quarters of sexually active people acquire HPV at some point.

Study Estimates Overall HPV Prevalence in U.S. Women
Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) published in the February 28, 2007, Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) have provided the first national estimate of the prevalence of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection among women in the United States aged 14 to 59. Investigators found that a total of 26.8 percent of women overall tested positive for one or more strains of HPV.

"this prevalence study is only a snapshot of HPV in the country, but doesn't tell us anything about total lifetime exposure to HPV or the risk of precancer and cancer. Risk is not testing positive at one time point - it's the persistence of carcinogenic types of HPV."
Persistence of HPV infection - how long the virus remains active in a woman's body - is key to whether exposure to a high-risk type of HPV leads to cervical cancer. "If an infection from specific oncogenic HPV types does not clear within a period of time (about six months), it puts that woman at greater risk for cervical precursor lesions," explains Dr. Dunne.

http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/hpv-p...

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17327...

Researchers have just started studying HPV in men here is some of the newer data.

We're seeing a really high prevalence in men, and we see little change in prevalence across the age span," says Giuliano, who found the 60% prevalence rate in one of her studies

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