Also called: Also called: Condylomata acuminate, Venereal warts
Genital warts are a sexually transmitted disease (STD) caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV). The warts are soft, moist, pink or flesh-colored bumps. You can have one or many of these bumps. In women, the warts usually occur in or around the vagina, on the cervix or around the anus. In men, genital warts are less common but might occur on the tip of the penis.
You can get genital warts during oral, vaginal or anal sex with an infected partner. Correct usage of latex condoms greatly reduces, but does not completely eliminate, the risk of catching or spreading HPV.
The warts might disappear on their own. If not, your health care provider can treat or remove them. The virus stays in your body even after treatment, so warts can come back.
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
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Genital Warts(American Academy of Family Physicians) - http://familydoctor.org/online/famdocen/home/common/sexinfections/sti/215.printerview.html
Also available in Spanish http://familydoctor.org/online/famdoces/home/common/sexinfections/sti/215.printerview.html
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Human Papillomavirus and Genital Warts
(National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) - http://www3.niaid.nih.gov/topics/genitalWarts/
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Genital HPV Infection(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/std/HPV/STDFact-HPV.htm
Also available in Spanish http://www.cdc.gov/std/Spanish/STDFact-HPV-s.htm
- Genital Warts(American Academy of Dermatology) - http://www.aad.org/public/publications/pamphlets/viral_genital.html
- Genital Warts: Questions and Answers(American Social Health Association) - http://www.ashastd.org/learn/learn_hpv_warts.cfm
- Addressing Questions about Gardasil(09/29/2008, Food and Drug Administration) - http://www.fda.gov/consumer/updates/gardasil092908.html
- How to Use a Condom(American Social Health Association) - http://www.ashastd.org/condom/condom_overview.cfm
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Vaccine against Genital Warts and Cervical Cancer(Nemours Foundation) - http://kidshealth.org/teen/sexual_health/stds/hpv_vaccine.html
Also available in Spanish http://kidshealth.org/teen/en_espanol/enfermedades/hpv_vaccine_esp.html
- Anal Warts(American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons) - http://www.fascrs.org/patients/conditions/anal_warts/
- Genital Warts (Condyloma Acuminata)(Logical Images) - http://www.visualdxhealth.com/adult/condylomaAcuminatumGenitalWart.htm
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ClinicalTrials.gov: Condylomata Acuminata(National Institutes of Health) - http://clinicaltrials.gov/search/open/condition=%22Condylomata+Acuminata%22
- Article: Human papillomavirus vaccination: stabbing in the dark? - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=18722854&tool=MedlinePlus
- Article: Cell-cycle control protein expression is disrupted in anogenital condylomata infected... - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=18596466&tool=MedlinePlus
- Article: Modern management of external genital warts. - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=18596459&tool=MedlinePlus
- Genital Warts -- see more articles - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=search&db=pubmed&term=condylomata+acuminata[majr]+AND+english[la]+AND+humans[mh]+NOT+(letter[pt]+OR+editorial[pt]+OR+case+reports[pt])&doptcmdl=summary&cmd_current=Limits&pmfilter_EDatLimit=last+1+Year&tool=MedlinePlus
- Sexual Health Glossary(American Social Health Association) - http://www.ashastd.org/learn/learn_glossary_A_D.cfm
- American Social Health Association - http://www.ashastd.org/
- National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Division of STD Prevention(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/std/
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National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - http://www3.niaid.nih.gov/
- Genital Warts(Nemours Foundation) - For Parents - http://kidshealth.org/parent/infections/std/genital_warts.html
- Genital Warts (HPV)(Nemours Foundation) - http://kidshealth.org/teen/infections/stds/std_warts.html
- HPV - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/hpv.html
- Sexually Transmitted Diseases - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/sexuallytransmitteddiseases.html
- Female Reproductive System - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/femalereproductivesystem.html
- Infections - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/infections.html
- Male Reproductive System - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/malereproductivesystem.html
- Sexual Health Issues - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/sexualhealthissues.html
The primary NIH organization for research on Genital Warts is the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - http://www.niaid.nih.gov/