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Sexually Transmitted Virus of Men
On the one hand states that uncircumcised men have a lower risk of acquiring human papillomavirus (HPV), but a new study shows that, in them, the elimination of the virus in the body takes longer.
“The study shows that the apparent protective effect of circumcision against infection with HPV does not include a decline in new infections, but a greater ability to remove existing infections,” say researchers from the Cancer Research Center of Hawaii, in the Journal of Infectious Diseases.
According to Dr. Brenda Y. says Hernandez, head of research, since HPV can cause genital warts and certain cancers, the results of this new study provide an explanation as to why uncircumcised men are at high risk of penile cancer.
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Tags: cervical cancer, genital warts, HIV, human papilloma virus | 
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