Broader types of Genital warts:
Incidence (annual) of Genital warts: 1 million annual cases in the USA (NIAID)
Incidence Rate of Genital warts: approx 1 in 272 or 0.37% or 1 million people in USA [about data]
Complications of Genital warts:
see complications of Genital warts
Causes of Genital warts: see causes of Genital warts
Risk factors for Genital warts:
see
risk factors for Genital warts
Symptoms of Genital warts: see symptoms of Genital warts
Complications of Genital warts: see complications of Genital warts
Incubation period for Genital warts: Warts can appear within several weeks after sexual contact with an infected person, or they can take months to appear. (Source: excerpt from HPV: DSTD)
Contagion of Genital warts: Spread by direct contact with a genital wart. Hence, usually sexually spread including vaginal or anal sex, and any sexual secretions. Also mother-to-newborn during childbirth. Also in bedding or clothing.
More information:
see contagiousness of Genital warts
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Genital warts.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Genital warts.
Treatments for Genital warts:
see treatments for Genital warts
Prevention of Genital warts:
see prevention of Genital warts
Research for Genital warts:
see research for Genital warts
Organs and body systems related to Genital warts include:
Main name of condition: Genital warts
Other names or spellings for Genital warts:condylomata acuminata, venereal warts
Verruca accuminata, Condylomata accuminata, Anogenital venereal warts
Source - Diseases Database
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