Human Papillomavirus
Human Papillomavirus (HPV) is one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases affecting more than 20 million American women. Every year, more than 6.2 million people become infected. At least fifty perfect of sexually active Americans will contract some type of HPV in their life. Most women will fight the infection on their own but other women will not.
The high prevalence of HPV in addition to the causal association to cervical cancer has led to the development of Gardasil, a prophylactic vaccine that that helps protect against four types of human papillomavirus: two types that cause 70% of cervical cancer cases (HPV16 and 18), and two more types (HPV 6 and 11) that cause 90% of genital warts cases (Pallecaros & Vonau, 541). In
The high prevalence of HPV in addition to the causal association to cervical cancer has led to the development of Gardasil, a prophylactic vaccine that that helps protect against four types of human papillomavirus: two types that cause 70% of cervical cancer cases (HPV16 and 18), and two more types (HPV 6 and 11) that cause 90% of genital warts cases (Pallecaros & Vonau, 541). In