Human papillomavirus

Human Papillomavirus Infection Lexy Crawford Microbiology 2420 Mr. Hudson The Human Papillomavirus Virus is a type of virus that causes cervical cancer through sexual transmission, but there is little evidence that infection can be avoided by behavioral change, such as condom use. Vaccines against HPV infection are likely to have high effects. The effectiveness of HPV vaccination as a strategy for cervical cancer control. Finally, projections of the number of cases of cervical cancer following the introduction of mass vaccination are given for developed and developing countries. (F.X Bosch, M.M Manos, N Munoz, M Sherman, A.M Jansen, J Peto, M.H Schiffman, V Moreno, R Kurman, K.V Shah) HPV affects both women and men the same it can cause…

As said in CDC, every year there are 17,600 women and 9,300 men who get cancer with HPV. About 180,00 women and 160,000 men are infected by genital warts, bumps that come out in different areas of the body. In this paper, it will address an understanding of HPV, different perspective on the virus as well as examining the public health implications. Human Papillomavirus, a disease that categorizes 40 groups. Each group differing on the types of an infection a person can receive. Some cause women…

an audience that did not consist only of toddlers. This world portrayed happiness as infinite and the characters as invincible even with an anvil crushing them into a flat pancake. This ideology leads the youth of today to surround themselves with an impenetrable bubble that keeps their innocence from being exposed to the ugliness of the outside world. That same bubble led one of my closest family members to end up with an STD that has no cure. Unfortunately in my mom’s youth, she made unwise…

Human papillomavirus, otherwise known as HPV, is the most common sexually transmitted diseases in the United States. HPV is a virus strain that deals with genital warts and cancer, but there is a vaccine for this and it reduces the infection of the virus. There are different types of HPV, some cause warts on hands and feet, others cause genital warts, and some are known to be linked with cancers such as cervical, anal, vulvar, and penile cancer. Although there are vaccines for this infection…

Marsha Strang Professor English 1302 20 November 2014 A Mandate to Vaccinate The human papillomavirus (HPV) is the most contracted sexually transmitted disease in the United States today. This disease is harming both men and women and it is estimated that 20 million are infected and an additional 6 million Americans will become infected each year. Initially there was only a two vaccines (Gardasil and Cervarix ) available to protect young women against major strands of the HPV virus, but we…

Human papillomavirus, also known as HPV, is the cause of many cases of cervical and genital cancer in both men and women. Although this is a known fact, many parents are still neglecting the idea of giving their children a “sex vaccine.” This controversy not only defies the teachings of religion, but it also defies the beliefs of parenthood. They don’t feel like this is something that they should be giving their 9-13 year old children. This perspective may be a given, but it is also creating a…

Human papillomavirus is extremely common sexually transmitted infection in United States and it can lead to very serious health problems with the sign and symptoms of genital warts to invasive malignancies including cervical vaginal, vulvar, penile and oral cancer (World Health Organization, 2015). There are two types of sexually transmitted HPV. Low- risk HPV and High-risk HPV. Low-risk HPV causes skin warts around genitals, mouth anus or throat and it does not causes cancer. On the other hand…

HPV Human Papillomavirus The article I chose to discuss is Barriers and facilitators to uptake of the school-based HPV vaccination program in an ethnically diverse group of young women. HPV Human Papillomavirus is a sexually transmitted disease STD that is passed through sexual contact. It is very important for young women to get vaccinated early against this disease. HPV vaccination can protect against cancers caused by human papillomavirus (HPV) infection. According to the CDC, about 14…

Many people hear the word HPV(Human Papillomavirus) and really don’t think anything of it but that it's a disease. It's not like when they hear the word cancer and everyone is quickly alarmed. People fail to realize the different things that can eventually cause cancer and HPV is one of them. It is considered to be one of the deadliest diseases after cancer and HIV. As a result of this, researchers have created a drug to prevent the contraction of the disease but parents refuse to allow their…

combative when it comes to these strain (Dunne, 2012, p. 56). Overall the Gardasil vaccine is very effective at preventing HPV in both men and women. One aspect when it comes to effectivity of the HPV vaccine that is still being analyzed is whether or not it is effective after a long period of time and if a booster shot should be implemented. It also has been shown that even if a person is out of the approved age rage if it would still be effective a combating a Human papillomavirus infection.…