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Human papilloma virus - Coggle Diagram
Human papilloma virus
Introduction
An infection that causes warts in various parts of the body, depending on the strain.
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•Different strains, up to 100
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•Aimed to protect and prevents the HPV strains most likely to cause genital warts and cervical cancer
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Pathophysiology
- acquisition into the body via sexual intercourse
- initiation of infection at the primary site of infection
- the hpv virus then replacing target tissues
-there’s an immune response
-hpv production in target tissues , hpv releases
- persistent hpv release
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Complications
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•Other HPV types-16.18,31 and 45 –other cancers
•Long-lasting infections with high-risk HPVs can cause cancer in parts of the body where HPV infects cells, such as in the cervix
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