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Some facts about HPV are:

1. All produce what is called warts.

2. All are transmitted by skin to skin contact or skin to mucous membrane contact.

3. There is a risk that the viruses that cause genital HPV can cause cancers.

4. The cancers can be of the uvula or cervix. It has also been linked to cancer the penis, the throat and the anus.

5. There are vaccines which prevent infection of HPV types 16 and 18.

6. The vaccine is usually given to adolescents hopefully before they begin sexual contacts.

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