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Hpv has been a topic in our biology syllabus. i have heard that hpv lies dormant in 80% of the global population but it not expressed. true / false ?
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Simplistic: There are dozens of different strains of hpv. Almost everybody has met one or another of the strains that cause skin warts. Here's hoping that either you do not meet the strains that cause cancer of the penis, or if you do meet ig, that you don't develop it, or if you do develop it, that you get the lesions excised before it can hurt you badly.
Answered 6/16/2017
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