Genital HPV is a very common virus. Some doctors think it is almost as common as the cold virus. In the United States, over 6 million people (men and women) get an HPV infection every year.
Genital HPV is especially common among young people. A 2011 study reported that about 45% of women aged 20 to 24 had high-risk HPV. And among girls aged 14 to 19, about 25% had high-risk HPV. (There are no tests for HPV in men, but studies have found about 1 in 3 men (ages 18 and up) to be positive for the high-risk types of HPV.)
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