Roughly one in four men and one in five women in the United States have a high-risk form of genital HPV, according to CDC estimates.
The proportion of adults with any genital form of the virus exceeds 40%, researchers found.
Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the most common sexually transmitted infection in the United States. Over 40 distinct HPV types can infect the genital tract; although most infections are asymptomatic and appear to resolve spontaneously within a few years. Prevalence of genital infection with any HPV type was 42.5% among United States adults aged 18–59 years during 2013–2014. Persistent infection with some HPV types can cause cancer and genital warts. HPV types 16 and 18 accounts for approximately 66% of cervical cancers in the United States,12 and approximately 25% of low-grade and 50% of high-grade cervical intraepithelial lesions, or dysplasia
Source: https://www.cdc.gov/std/stats17/other.htm#hpv
HPV Is More Common Than Commonly Thought
Roughly one in four men and one in five women in the United States have a high-risk form of genital HPV, according to CDC estimates.
The proportion of adults with any genital form of the virus exceeds 40%, researchers found.
Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the most common sexually transmitted infection in the United States. Over 40 distinct HPV types can infect the genital tract; although most infections are asymptomatic and appear to resolve spontaneously within a few years. Prevalence of genital infection with any HPV type was 42.5% among United States adults aged 18–59 years during 2013–2014. Persistent infection with some HPV types can cause cancer and genital warts. HPV types 16 and 18 accounts for approximately 66% of cervical cancers in the United States,12 and approximately 25% of low-grade and 50% of high-grade cervical intraepithelial lesions, or dysplasia
Source: https://www.cdc.gov/std/stats17/other.htm#hpv
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