Question

4. Is it possible for a patient to become infected with HPV and later eliminate the infection without any medical intervention? Explain your answer. .5. Can HPV transmission occur in the absence of sexual intercourse? Do condoms offer full protection against HPV infection? 6. Approximately how many types of HPV exist? How many types are included in the current HPV vaccine?

Answer 1

4) studies have shown that there is estimation that 50 percent of those infected with HPV will clear the virus within eight months— and 90 percent will be cured within two years. It's only when your immune system isn't able to fight off the infection that some strains of HPV can persist and possibly lead to cancer

5) HPV is mostly transmitted by direct contact, usually sexual, with an infected person. Transmission can occur most frequently with sexual intercourse but can occur following nonpenetrative sexual activity.

Nonsexual routes of genital HPV transmission include transmission from a woman to a newborn infant at the time of birth.

Barrier method such as condom can block sexual transmission. It cannot prevent non sexual transmission of HPV.

6) OVER 70 TYPES OF HPV HAS BEEN RECOGNISED.

QUADRIVALENT VACCINE : it includes four serotype 6, 11,16,18 are used in current HPV vaccine.