What is Human Papilloma Virus?
Human Papilloma virus one of the most common viral infections transmitted most commonly through sexual contacts. There are more than 90 strains or types of HPV but only some have the capability or predilection to infect the genitals. The overwhelming HPV infections are asymptomatic and pass off quickly once the body develops its immunity against the viruses. Understandably, most new infections are in young people in their teens and early twenties when they are most sexually active and non-immune. Although most HPV infections are self limiting, in a significant small minority the HPV infection persists for unknown reasons. It is in this group of individuals that the virus gets a chance to cause pre-cancer of the cervix and other parts of the genital tract.
