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posted by on Sunday April 09 2017, @10:55PM   Printer-friendly
from the my-yoga-teacher-says-vaccines-cause-autism dept.

More than 42 percent of Americans between the ages of 18 and 59 are infected with genital human papillomavirus [HPV], according to the first survey to look at the prevalence of the virus in the adult population.

The report [pdf], published on Thursday by the National Center for Health Statistics, found that certain high-risk strains of the virus infected 25.1 percent of men and 20.4 percent of women. These strains account for approximately 31,000 cases of cancer each year, other studies have shown.

Two vaccines are effective in preventing sexually transmitted HPV infection, and researchers said the new data lend urgency to the drive to have adolescents vaccinated.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/06/health/hpv-virus-survey-united-states.html


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  • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 10 2017, @03:59AM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 10 2017, @03:59AM (#491496)

    "42 percent of Americans between the ages of 18 and 59 "
    I thank God I'm 60 and the only one that doesn't have it, from TFA.

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  • (Score: 2) by butthurt on Monday April 10 2017, @10:53AM (1 child)

    by butthurt (6141) on Monday April 10 2017, @10:53AM (#491576) Journal

    From the article:

    [...] 7.3 percent of Americans ages 18 to 69 were infected orally with HPV, and 4 percent were infected with the high-risk strains that can cause cancers of the mouth and pharynx.

    Why they cut off the genital tests at age 59 rather than 69, I don't know after reading page 6 of the report. Perhaps it's somewhere on https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhanes [cdc.gov].

    • (Score: 2) by cmdrklarg on Monday April 10 2017, @08:14PM

      by cmdrklarg (5048) Subscriber Badge on Monday April 10 2017, @08:14PM (#491911)

      cut off the genital tests

      I shall opt OUT of those tests, thanks.

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