To avoid contact with the HPV virus, one should always practice safer sex and get screened for STIs.
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Often, those infected with HPV do not present any signs or symptoms. It is important to be screened regularly and to take precautions to limit the risk of being exposed to the virus. Although HPV often goes away on its own without causing any health problems, it can sometimes result in genital warts or cervical cancer.