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What Causes Genital Warts?
Question: genital warts is 100% HPV?
Brief Answer:
Yes, genital warts are always caused by HPV.
Detailed Answer:
Hello and welcome,
This is an interesting question. I tried to look thru the literature to see if I could find any other causes. But I can only find that genital warts are caused by certain strains of Human Papilloma Virus.
If you would like to get a second opinion from an infection disease specialist or a dermatologist, you can close this discussion, repost your question and in the first line of the question write FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE SPECIALIST OR DERMATOLOGIST ONLY. A doctor from one of these specialties will respond, but do know that it may take a bit longer as we don't always have these specialists answering questions at all times. But you should be able to get a response today.
Yes, genital warts are always caused by HPV.
Detailed Answer:
Hello and welcome,
This is an interesting question. I tried to look thru the literature to see if I could find any other causes. But I can only find that genital warts are caused by certain strains of Human Papilloma Virus.
If you would like to get a second opinion from an infection disease specialist or a dermatologist, you can close this discussion, repost your question and in the first line of the question write FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE SPECIALIST OR DERMATOLOGIST ONLY. A doctor from one of these specialties will respond, but do know that it may take a bit longer as we don't always have these specialists answering questions at all times. But you should be able to get a response today.
Note: Consult a Sexual Diseases Specialist online for further follow up- Click here.
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Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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