Volume : IX, Issue : IX, September - 2019

An Epidemiological study on Anogenital warts

Dr. M. Sailaja Rani, Dr. B. T. V. N Raju, Dr. A. Sravani

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Background: Anogenital warts (AGWs) are a common, highly infectious disease caused by the humanpapillomavirus (HPV), whose high recurrence rates contribute to direct medical costs, productivity loss andincreased psychosocial impact. This study mainly concentrates on incidence of AGWs that attended the outpatient department in year 2017–18. Aim: To study the incidence of warts and their epidemiological aspects in patients attending the STD OPD. Settings And Design: This was an observational study which was done in department of dermatology. Methods and Materials: The study was carried out for 12 months and it included 102 patients. Pregnant females were excluded from study. Statiscal Analysis: The statistical analysis of descriptive data that included the number of percentages were done for all categories. Results: There are 102 cases and majority of them belonged to the age group 21–30 years, out of them 57 are males and 45 are females. A majority of AGW were seen in students. Conclusions: Viral AGWs were common in younger age groups. males outnumbered the females.

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AN EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDY ON ANOGENITAL WARTS, Dr. M. Sailaja Rani, Dr. B.T.V.N Raju, Dr. A. Sravani INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-9 | Issue-9 | September-2019

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