genital warts

HPV is a common sexually transmitted infection, which can cause health problems such as genital warts and certain cancers.

Other types of STI include chlamydia, genital warts, genital herpes and trichomoniasis.

Dr. zur Hausen had been intrigued by reports that genital warts could, in rare cases, turn into cancer.

But it can cause genital warts and various cancers in both men and women—and is driving the recent rise of throat cancer in men.

HPV can cause cervical cancer, certain other cancers and genital warts.