By Rachael RettnerMyHealthNewsDailyAbout 7 percent of adults and teens in the United States are orally infected with the human papillomavirus, or HPV, a new study says. This represents about 14.9 million people.More men are affected than women: About 10 percent of men ages 14 to 69 have an oral HPV infection, compared with 3.6 percent of women, the study showed.Oral HPV infections cause some oropharyngeal cancers, or cancers of the tongue, the tonsils or back of the mouth. People who are infected with the strain HPV 16 are 14 times more likely to develop these cancers compared with those not infected with the virus.advertisementThe new findings were “reassuring,” according to study researcher Dr.
Vitals – More men than women have oral cancer virus
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Vitals – More men than women have oral cancer virus