More Than 1 In 5 Americans Have A Potentially Cancer-Causing HPV Infection - News Summed Up

More Than 1 In 5 Americans Have A Potentially Cancer-Causing HPV Infection


There is no FDA-approved HPV test for men, but the CDC developed its own test for the research. In fact, two high-risk strains, HPV-16 and -18, cause nearly all cervical cancer cases. Not all Americans have the same risk of contracting high-risk HPV. Black Americans had the highest HPV prevalence (34 percent), according to the report. Overall, men were more likely to have high-risk genital HPV than women.


Source: Huffington Post April 07, 2017 20:37 UTC



Loading...
Loading...
  

Loading...