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" A study by the Health Protection Agency (HPA) has revealed that at least ten per cent of 16-year-olds have been infected with the human papillomavirus (HPV), some strains of which are known to cause cervical cancer and genital warts. The study looked for antibodies indicating infection in 1,483 females and found that the risk of carrying the HPV virus increases sharply from the age of 14. HPA chief executive Professor Pat Tropp commented: &amp;#039;This study is a valuable addition to our understanding of HPV infection in women in England and should contribute to effective policies to prevent genital warts and cervical cancer. &amp;#039;With the government&amp;#039;s recent announcement of the possible introduction of HPV vaccination, such research will help us and other public health experts to determine the impact of HPV vaccination.&amp;#039; The agency is backing the introduction of HPV vaccination into the UK&amp;#039;s national immunisation programme which, it estimates, could prevent 70 per cent of cases of cervical cancer and 95 per cent of cases of genital warts in men and women. This, it claims, proves the cost-effectiveness of such a programme. \u00A9 Adfero Ltd "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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