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HPV: Not Just Your Daughter’s Vaccination, According To CareMount Medical Expert HPV: Not Just Your Daughter’s Vaccination, According To CareMount Medical Expert
HPV: Not Just Your Daughter’s Vaccination, According To CareMount Medical Expert As a teenager enters the exam room for their yearly checkup at their doctor’s office, chances are his or her physician will ask if they are familiar with the sexually transmitted disease human papillomavirus, most commonly known as HPV. Over the years, there has been a rise in the discussion of HPV amongst families, adolescents and physicians. And why wouldn’t there be? According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HPV is the most common sexually transmitted infection and nearly 80 million Americans, most in their late teens and early 20s, are infected with the virus.* HPV is …

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