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Risk factors

By Mayo Clinic staff

Risk factors of becoming infected with HPV include:

  • Having unprotected sex with multiple partners
  • Having had another sexually transmitted disease
  • Having sex with a partner whose sexual history you don't know
  • Becoming sexually active at a young age
Complications Causes
References
  1. Human papillomavirus and genital warts. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseasese. http://www.niaid.nih.gov/factsheets/stdhpv.htm. Accessed Jan. 13, 2009.
  2. HPV and genital warts. National Women's Health Information Center. http://www.4woman.gov/faq/stdhpv.pdf. Accessed Jan. 13, 2009.
  3. Carusi DA, et al. Patient information: Condyloma (genital warts) in Women. http://www.uptodate.com/home/index.html. Accessed Jan. 13, 2009.
  4. Diaz ML. Human papilloma virus - prevention and treatment. Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics. 2007;35:199.
  5. HPV vaccine information for young women. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. http://www.cdc.gov/std/Hpv/STDFact-HPV-vaccine.htm. Accessed Jan. 13, 2009.
  6. Steckelberg JM (expert opinion). Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. Jan. 26, 2009.
  7. Litin SC (expert opinion). Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. Jan. 23, 2009.

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