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HPV FAQs with H. Hunter Handsfield, MD

H. Hunter Handsfield, MD

Most sexually active individuals are estimated to have one or more infections in their lifetime with the human papillomavirus (HPV) and, not surprisingly, ASHA receives countless HPV questions like:

What should I tell a partner?
Will I always have it?
How are HPV tests used?
How well do vaccines work?

In this episode, H. Hunter Handsfield, MD, covers these and other common questions about HPV. Dr. Handsfield is Professor Emeritus of Medicine, University of Washington Center for AIDS and STD, and former director of the Sexually Transmitted Diseases Control Program for Public Health—Seattle & King County, Seattle, Washington. 

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