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Epidemiologie genitálních bradavic mezi ženami v České republice
[Epidemiology of genital warts in female population of Czech Republic]

. 2012 Aug ; 77 (4) : 360-3.

Language Czech Country Czech Republic Media print

Document type English Abstract, Journal Article, Multicenter Study

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PubMed 23094779
PII: 38915

OBJECTIVE: The aim of study was to evaluate prevalence of genital warts in Czech Republic. SUBJECT: Multicentric prospective observation study. SETTING: HPV College. METHODS: During 6 month (February 2010 - July 2010) 20 private gynaecological centers in all Czech Republic were counting up the number of genital warts cases. Risk factors, therapy and knowledges about genital warts were evaluated. RESULTS: There were 637 patients with genital warts in cohort of 70 980 patients. The prevalence of genital warts was 0.89%. The most frequent risk factor was cigarette smoking in 37%. Main strategy for treatment were podophyllin local application and cold knife excision. CONCLUSION: The prevalence of genital warts in our study has shown importance for its prevention by rules of safety sex and HPV vaccination against HPV type 6 and 11.

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