02 March 2019 02 Mar 2019

HPV during pregnancy

The human papillomavirus (HPV) is an organism that is transmitted by skin-to-skin contact and frequently by vaginal, anal or oral sex The American Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) identifies HPV as the most prevalent sexually transmitted infection and suggests that most people who are sexually active will contract some variety of the virus at some stage of their lives (CDC, 2017)