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HPV / Jacqueline Langwith, book editor.

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Detroit : Gale, Cengage Learning, c2013.

Papillomavirus diseases -- Popular works.

Genital warts -- Popular works.

9780737763553 (hardback)

0737763558 (hardback)

Perspectives on diseases and disorders.

138 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.

Understanding HPV. And overview of human papillomavirus (HPV) ; HPV transmission rates among heterosexual couples ; Many treatments exist for genital warts caused by HPV ; HPV is linked to an increase in head and neck cancers -- Controversies concerning HPV. The HPV vaccine is safe and effective ; The HPV vaccine is not safe or effective ; The government should mandate the HPV vaccine ; The government should not mandate the HPV vaccine ; Boys should be vaccinated for HPV ; Boys should not receive the HPV vaccine ; The HPV vaccine may make teens more promiscuous ; The HPV vaccine does not promote teen promiscuity ; Abstinence-only programs are the best way to prevent disease and other problems ; Abstinence-only programs are ineffective at preventing disease and other problems -- Personal narratives. A young woman survives HPV and cancer ; A grandmother wants her grandchildren to get the HPV vaccination ; Men can get HPV, too.

"Perspectives on Diseases and Disorders: HPV: Each volume in this timely series provides essential information on a disease or disorder (symptoms, causes, treatments, cures, etc.); presents the controversies surrounding causes, alternative treatments, and other issues"--

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