• Scientific Name: Papillomaviridae
• Disease or disorder caused by virus: Skin Warts, Genital Warts, Cancer, Respiratory papillomatis
• The virus is transmitted through sexual contact
• Transmission of the disease can be prevented by using condoms,although they do not always work
• Gardasil, a HPV vaccine was approved for the prevention of HPV in June 2006. It is Given in 3 doses in a period of 6 months
• The body cells attacked by HPV are Cervical Cells. This can lead to Cervical Cancer
• There are no common symptomes, except for the warts themselves.They usually appear as soft, moist, pink r flesh colored swellings, usually in the genital area
• The body defends itself from this disease by attacking invading microbes and cancers which include antibodies and other soldier cells
• Treatments include the vaccine mentioned before, Gardasil.Many who suffer from HPV report success using organic apple cider vinegatr soaked paper towels applied onto the infected area
• Genital Warts can be removed in several ways; with chemicals, by freezing, by electrically being burned off, or via surgery or lasers
• Interesting facts about HPV:
• Many people infected with HPV dont know that they have the virus
• It can lead to several types of cancer
• Women who are in labour and have this disease can pass it on to their child
• According to the Center for Disease Control, by the age of 50 more than 80% of american women will have contracted at least one strain of HPV
• 50% of men and women will have this type of disease at one point of their life

By Jeff Zanatta

1.        Virus name?

-papillomavirus

2.        Disease or disorder caused by virus?

-          genital warts 

-          It may cause anal or genital cancer. 

3.        Description of the virus structure? (drawing)

4.        How is the virus transmitted?

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-           Its spreads through genital contact 

5.        How can transmission be prevented?

-          The way to prevent it is not to have any genital contact with the other person

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6.        Describe the type of body cells attacked?

                                            - Cervical cells 

7.        What are the symptoms of the infection?

-          They are no symptoms of the infection

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8.    How does the body defend itself?

9.Are there any treatment/vaccines? If so describe them?

-          They are medicine that people can take to help the infection

-           You can also put a soaked paper towel in the infected area

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10.  5 interesting facts

      -     HPV goes in to a deep layer of skin and multiplies.

-          Cell can turn into Cancer cells after a period of time

-          Main cause of cervical dysplasia

-          Internal warts are more hard to treat but don’t cause cancer

Lager warts cause significant discomfort, they often bleed, itch and produce a very bad small.  

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