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As of yet, there is no cure nor treatment for HPV. Generally, your body can fight off the virus on its own. It is believed that, once you are infected with a strain of HPV, your body becomes immune to it. Although it is entirely possible to be infected with more than one strain. Those that develop genital warts will need or want medication by burning the warts off. Current research usually is focusing on developing two different types of HPV vaccines. The first vaccine would then definitely help protect against “low risk” type HPV strains. It concentrates on prevention from contracting the virus as well as restraining the development of warts. The second HPV vaccine aims to treat cervical cancer commonly caused by “high risk”.
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